2025/2026 Homeschool STEM Labs

Our innovative programs are tailored to inspire young minds, providing a dynamic and interactive learning experience for homeschooling students. Embark on a captivating adventure as we explore projects involving robotics, coding, and outer space. Join us in fostering a passion for STEM education, as we soar through the realms of knowledge and discovery at the Museum of Aviation. Please note that all STEM labs feature hands-on, grade appropriate activities and students are grouped by grade levels into separate classrooms, with minimal grade differences prioritized.

Kindergarten – 10th Grade

  • Time: 9:30 AM – 12 Noon
  • Cost: $30.00 per student/per STEM Lab (+ Sawyer Service Fee: Calculated at Checkout); STEM Lab prices after January 1, 2026 are $30.00 per person/per STEM Lab (+ Sawyer Service Fee calculated at checkout).
  • PLEASE NOTE: All STEM Labs feature hands-on, grade appropriate activities.

Please Click HERE for the Complete STEM Lab Schedule & Registration

November 19, 2025:

Kindergarten –  5th Graders: “Eco Discovery”
Eco Discovery immerses students in hands-on environmental science as they explore ecosystems, animal adaptations, and habitats, sparking curiosity and inspiring a passion for wildlife and conservation.

Register Kinder - 5th Grade

6th –  8th Graders: “Eco Avengers”
Eco Avengers empowers students to tackle sustainability through hands-on STEM challenges, exploring climate science and real-world solutions to inspire creative, collaborative environmental action.

Register 6th - 8th Grade

December 3, 2025

6th – 10th Grade: “Interstellar Space”
Students explore local and deep space using the Star-Lab planetarium, model the solar system, track celestial events, and even monitor the International Space Station through hands-on, interactive activities.

Register 6th - 10th Grade

December 10, 2025

6th – 10th Grade: “Aviation Science”
Students explore the physics of flight—focusing on lift, motion laws, and aircraft design—by experimenting with wind tunnel forces and building their own planes for optimal performance.

Register 6th - 10th Grade

December 17, 2025:

Kindergarten – 5th Graders: “Festive Forces”
Rudolph’s Flight School brings holiday cheer to STEM as students explore physics, motion, and energy through festive, hands-on experiments that spark joy, creativity, and discovery.

Register Kinder - 5th Grade

6th –  8th Graders: “Force Foundry”
Force Foundry engages students in hands-on physics and engineering challenges, where they explore motion, energy, and forces through creative problem-solving and real-world applications.

Register 6th - 8th Grade

January 14, 2026

6th – 10th Grade: “Interstellar Space”
Students explore local and deep space using the Star-Lab planetarium, model the solar system, track celestial events, and even monitor the International Space Station through hands-on, interactive activities.

Register 6th - 10th Grade

January 21, 2026

Kindergarten – 5th Grade: “Arctic Adventures”
Students will embark on a STEM-themed polar adventure focused on thermal energy, conservation, adapting to icy environments and so much more.

Kindergarten Register 1st - 2nd Grade Register 3rd - 5th Grade

6th –  8th Graders: “Frost Bytes”
Students turn down the temperature by taking on cool circuit challenges and arctic adventures in this technology focused STEM Lab.

Register 6th - 8th Grade

February 18, 2026

Kindergarten – 5th Grade: “Shape Shifters”
Students discover the hidden world of math through activities focused on nature’s ever transforming geometry, shapes and patterns.

Kindergarten Register 1st - 2nd Grade Register 3rd - 5th Grade

March 18, 2026

Kindergarten – 5th Grade: “Stellar Spark”
From distant stars to household lamps, students will learn about the wonders of light through experiments and investigating the incredible advancements in light technology.

Kindergarten Register 1st - 2nd Grade Register 3rd - 5th Grade

April 8, 2026

Grades 6-10: Mission Quest Flight Simulators
Participants will command their own aircraft while climbing into state-of-the-art flight simulators and soaring through virtual skies, tackling exciting missions, and challenging scenarios.

Register Mission Quest

April 15, 2026

Kindergarten – 5th Grade: “Weather Wonders”
Students will become meteorologists for the day in order to investigate the wonders of weather, preparedness, and how weather is tracked.

Kindergarten Register 1st - 2nd Grade Register 3rd - 5th Grade

May 6, 2026

Kindergarten – 5th Grade: “Force Field Day”
STEM takes to the field with energy filled activities designed to get students moving with the forces of motion, rolling with gravity, and getting physical with physics.

Kindergarten Register 1st - 2nd Grade Register 3rd - 5th Grade

May 20, 2026

Grades 6-10: Mission Quest: Astronomy
Participants will think like mission planners as they explore what it takes to journey to the lunar surface and prepare for future exploration beyond it.

Register Mission Quest