FREE Community Events

Summer STEAM Days!

We are excited to host, our fourth annual Summer STEAM Days events! These inspiring community and family-focused events offer guests hours of hands-on, science-based learning, through activities, engineering tables, art stations and more. Activities will be hosted by the Air Zoo's education team and several of our local partners!  Summer STEAM Day visitors will have a blast trying out some of our newest science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) based activities, building take-home crafts, creating art on our sidewalks and discovering an array of learning toys and activities, as well as snacks and refreshments, available for purchase in the Air Zoo Store. Local partners are encouraged to sing up for table space today!

2024's STEAM DAYS (10am - 2pm)

June 22 - Engineering STEAM Day (Moved inside due to weather)
Zoetis
Gull Lake Robotics - Demonstrations and hands on robotics for all ages
WMU Sunseekers - Solar Car
The Austin Company
Performance Validation
Hobby Sports - R/C Airplane demonstrations
Charles River - Paper stack challenge and zip line challenge
Michigan Geological Survey - Groundwater core pump demonstrations
Air Zoo - Keva Planks, sidewalk chalk and coloring sheets

July 27 - Space STEAM Day

Zoetis - Demonstrating tablet pressing
Charles River 
Hobby Sports - R/C Airplane demonstrations
Singh Automation - Robot Demonstration
Kalamazoo Astronomical Society - Solar viewing and NASA handouts
Michigan Geological Survey - Groundwater core pump demonstrations
Performance Validation - Density experiments
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan - Pocket Solar System
Air Zoo Education - Stomp Rockets, sidewalk chalk and coloring sheets

August 17 - Aviation STEAM Day

Zoetis
Charles River - Parachute and Clouds
Plainwell Aviation and STEM Academy - Flight Simulators
Michigan Geological Survey
Zoobotix - Robotics Demo
Performance Validation
John Ball Zoo
Air Zoo Education - Paper Airplanes

The 2024 Summer STEAM Days are presented by

Corporate Tables

Have a great STEAM activity to share with the community?  Reserve space today.