Register for camps on weekdays! Click here for timed entry tickets on weekends!
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Looking for a fun summer activity you can do from anywhere? Join our Citizen Science Project— Seek!
🍃 Seek is an app you can download to log all the species you see everyday.
1. Download the App (Android & iPhone)
2. Take a picture of any species (like an animal, flower, or bug)! 🐄🌻🐛
3. Bring your log to the Lab for a prize!
Shark Month is back! Visit the Lab during a timed entry for special activities about these fascinating creatures of the sea.
🦈 Timed Entries in July!
🦈 Included with your timed entry ticket!
🦈 The Lab is open on Thursday, July 4th!
Visit the Lab for this one day only event! Dive deeper into learning about sharks with a guest scientist and special shark tooth excavation
🦈 One Day Only!
🦈 Included with your timed entry ticket!
🦈 July 27th • Timed Entries
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates the Children's Science Center Lab at Fair Oaks Mall and STEM programs traveling to schools and other community venues across the region. The Foundation is also developing the Northern Virginia Science Center in Dulles, VA, a world-class, interactive regional science center for families, students and learners of all ages made possible through a pivotal public-private partnership. Learn more about our mission today at childsci.org and our vision for the future at novasci.org.
