Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
Fun and brief science activities and research studies for kids!
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Events for November
26
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for November
27
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Genealogy for the Absolute Beginner
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Talk Time
Imaginarium
Events for November
28
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for November
29
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
Events for November
30
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Time @ MPL
Ellingson Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for December
1
Find the Elf on the Shelf
Level Two
Spirit of Giving at MPL
Level One
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Split the Grief with Me: Art & Poetry with Free Verse
Level Four
Events for December
2
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 2:30 pm
Visit Santa Before Holidays on Higgins
Imaginarium
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Apron Decorating at Mary’s Mountain Cookies
Mary's Mountain Cookies
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Holiday Music Performance
Level One
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for December
3
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for December
4
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Talk Time
Imaginarium
Events for December
5
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Volunteer Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Gaming Station
Big Sky Branch Library
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for December
6
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blue Block Wednesday
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
UNQUALIFIED: An Evening of Storytelling
Cooper Room
Events for December
7
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Child Development Screening
Families First Consult Rooms
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Missoula Scholastic Chess Club at MPL
Cooper Room B
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with ChopChop
Demonstration Kitchen
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for December
8
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for December
9
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
spectrUM Science at the UM Living Lab
UM Living Lab
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for December
10
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for December
11
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Genealogy Book Group
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Talk Time
Imaginarium
Events for December
12
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Ornament Arts and Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for December
13
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blue Block Wednesday
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for December
14
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Parenting Consultation Drop-In Day
Families First Consult Rooms
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Early Out Activities
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Montana Art
Art Box
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for December
15
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for December
16
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
VonCommon Studios Art Blizzaard
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society Work Day
Blackfoot Room
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Craft and Cookie Decorating with Santa
Art Box
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for December
17
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Celtic Holiday Dance Performance
Cooper Room
Events for December
18
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Census Through the Decades
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Talk Time
Imaginarium
Events for December
19
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for December
20
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blue Block Wednesday
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kids Cooking Class
Demonstration Kitchen
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Potomac Branch Library Book Club
Potomac Branch Library
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for December
21
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Missoula Scholastic Chess Club at MPL
Cooper Room B
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:45 pm
Frenchtown Book Club
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for December
22
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for December
23
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for December
24
No Events
Events for December
25
No Events
Events for December
26
No Events
Events for December
27
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blue Block Wednesday
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
Events for December
28
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for December
29
Missoula Reads 2023 Completed Logs Due
Missoula Public Library
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for December
30
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for January
2
Missoula Reads 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Gaming Station
Big Sky Branch Library
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for January
3
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Blue Block Wednesday
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
Events for January
4
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Child Development Screening
Families First Consult Rooms
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Missoula Scholastic Chess Club at MPL
Cooper Room B
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with ChopChop
Demonstration Kitchen
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for January
5
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Volunteer Day
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for January
6
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Introduction to Nature Journaling
Blackfoot Room
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT