Hands-On Science Activities Bring STEM Learning to Families Indoors and Outdoors
Detroit, Mich., August 14, 2024– Aramco joins the Michigan Science Center (Mi-Sci) to kick off their Traveling Science Program for the 2025-2026 school year. The annual free event takes place outside of Mi-Sci’s main entrance on Friday, August 22, from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring live science demonstrations and hands-on activities. The first 250 people to arrive will receive free admission inside Mi-Sci for a special day, which includes Traveling Science activities.
To continue celebrating the Aramco Traveling Science Kick-off throughout the day, Mi-Sci will also feature free special programming inside the museum after 12 p.m., featuring ultra-fun, hands-on drop-in workshops and dazzling Discovery Dome planetarium shows—perfect for curious minds of all ages.
The program that began in 2012 has expanded to bring interactive science programs into libraries, schools, and community centers throughout Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas, Ohio and Indiana. This is part of Mi-Sci’s mission to engage as many people as possible in science. For more than a decade, the Traveling Science program has educated thousands of young people and their families who are curious about science.
“Mi-Sci’s Traveling Science program is designed to meet people where they are, bringing a universe of exploration and discovery directly to schools, libraries, and community centers,” said Dr. Christian Greer, president and CEO of the Michigan Science Center. “Thanks to the generous support of Aramco, we are able to inspire curious minds with interactive STEM experiences. This program truly reflects our mission to put people at the center of science, here in Detroit and across the region.”
Aramco is an energy and chemicals company active in the Metro Detroit area with its Aramco Research Center-Detroit, located in Novi, developing innovative transportation solutions. It is also a founding member of the American Concrete Institute’s Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials in Farmington Hills.
In addition to live, interactive science demonstrations performed by Mi-Sci’s educators, the event will also include giveaways for the first 400 attendees.
To Book a Traveling Science Program:
Mi-Sci is taking online requests for reservations for the Traveling Science program and other science workshops, group presentations and interactive experiences. Contact Mi-Sci at Outreach@Mi-Sci.org or through its online inquiry form for additional information and reservations.
About Aramco Americas
Aramco Services Company (d/b/a Aramco Americas) is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a world leader in integrated energy and chemicals, and has had a presence in the U.S. for more than 60 years. Aramco Americas is a contributor to the U.S. energy sector through research and development, venture fund activities, asset ownership, as well as technology and digital transformation. The company is headquartered in Houston, with offices in Washington D.C., Boston, and Detroit. Aramco Americas is committed to being a positive contributor in the communities where its employees live and work, and to making a difference through outreach that benefits the arts, geosciences, education, and the environment. Please visit americas.aramco.com to learn more.
The Michigan Science Center’s core mission is to advance STEM learning (science, technology, engineering, and math) across all ages and disciplines through discovery, innovation and interactive education. As a STEM hub, Mi-Sci focuses on developing and introducing expanded education programs, exhibits and initiatives to empower and enrich our children and community.
Mi-Sci’s goal is to be a pioneering force for the future of STEM education in Detroit and a dynamic destination in Michigan, making itself accessible, engaging, and transformative for all while fostering a vibrant, culturally relevant, community STEM hub where learning is deeply personal, profoundly social, and inherently joyful.
As a Smithsonian affiliate, Mi-Sci inspires nearly 250,000 curious minds of all ages every year in Detroit and across Michigan. Through our Traveling Science Program and distance learning initiative, ECHO, Mi-Sci reaches beyond our Detroit-based facility across Michigan. With the Toyota Engineering 4D Theater, live science demonstrations, lab activities and 220+ interactive exhibits, there are dozens of ways to customize your Mi-Sci visit. The Michigan Science Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and does not receive funding from Detroit or the state of Michigan. For more information, please call 313.577.8400 or visit the website, Mi-Sci.org.