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Birthday Parties Made Easy!

Have the LHS Bay View Cafe cater an after-workshop party for you in a special reserved area! Call the café manager at 510-486-1807 for menus, prices, and services. Be sure to call at least one week in advance.

Of course, you are welcome to bring your own cake.

The Discovery Corner Museum Store makes shopping for your party a snap!

We offer special LHS invitations and favor grab bags. Call 510-642-1016.
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Private Parties & Meetings
Have the Lawrence Hall of Science all to yourself! LHS is available for private parties and receptions.

Birthday Parties & Weekend Workshops

Lawrence Hall of Science is a great place to celebrate birthdays and other occasions. Workshops make a terrific special event for your Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, Girls and Boys Clubs, other youth organizations, and even adults!

Call (510) 642-5134 for Reservations

Astronomy Workshops
Flying High
Journey to the Moon
Moons of the Solar System
Constellations Tonight
Biology Workshops
Dino Defenses
Party Animals
Animal Behavior
Chemistry Workshops
Fizz, Pop, Wow!
Slime and Slippery Stuff
Mystery Party
Winter Wizardry
Physics Workshops
Electrical Connections
Volts 'n' Jolts

ASTRONOMY WORKSHOPS
Saturdays and Sundays
10:00–10:50 a.m. or
11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m.

Note: Our planetarium can accommodate a maximum of 27 children and adults for planetarium shows.


Flying High
Ages 4–7
Take an imaginary trip into space in the Holt Planetarium. Start the excursion by learning to identify the Big Dipper and speeding through a whole day in our planetarium “time machine.” Take off with the launch of a spaceship; and learn how things move in space, how astronauts eat food in a weightless environment, and how satellites are put into orbit. Don’t worry, we will return you safely to Earth at the end of this adventure.

Journey to the Moon
Ages 4–7
Pack your astronaut bags with everything you need for an imaginary
trip to the Moon. Start with a time traveler’s view of the changing shapes of the Moon as viewed from Earth. Then land on the Moon and go for an imaginary stroll with lots of “lunatic” excitement and adventure.

Moons of the Solar System
Ages 8 –Adult
Explore moons with your hands, eyes, and the “eyes” of space probes.
Learn what causes the phases of the moon, what causes an eclipse, and what determines how fast a moon orbits. On a make-believe spaceship ride through the Solar System, you will visit the moons of Mars, Jupiter, and beyond.

Constellations Tonight
Ages 8 –Adult
Use a simple star map to find the constellations in the planetarium sky. Keep the map, and practice at home so you can impress your friends and family with your mastery of the night sky.

BIOLOGY WORKSHOPS
 10:00–10:50 a.m. or
11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m.

Dino Defenses
Ages 4–8
Spikes, shields, horns, claws, sharp teeth, and whipping tails—dinosaurs had a fascinating assortment of defenses to protect themselves from the hungry jaws of predators. Students watch a drama of a defenseless dinosaur being pursued by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Each student gets to add imaginative features to a precut, paper, defenseless dinosaur to protect it from T.rex. Children observe and touch animals from the Biology Lab and see that they have some physical defenses similar to those of the dinosaurs.

Party Animals
Ages 4–12
Our gentle rabbits, rats, snakes, guinea pigs, lizards, and turtles are featured in a variety of exciting hands-on activities that you and your friends are sure to enjoy. Bring the whole gang for some fun or for a unique birthday celebration!

Animal Behavior
Ages 7-12
Your party guests will have a “stimulating” experience as they experiment with foods, mirrors, houses, and other stimuli to discover how animals react to their environments. This workshop is a fun introduction to scientific methods using the gentle and friendly animals in our Biology Lab.

CHEMISTRY WORKSHOPS
1:15–2:05 p.m. or
2:30–3:20 p.m.

Fizz, Pop, Wow!
Ages 4–7
Mix up some cool concoctions in our Chemistry Lab, and see which ones fizz. Where do the bubbles come from, and what’s inside them? Which ingredients make the bubbliest solutions? Figure out how to use these substances to inflate balloons; and experience the fizzy, foamy action of a chemical reaction.

Slime and Slippery Stuff
Ages 6–10
Is it a solid or a liquid? Measure, mix, and observe as you dissolve solids in liquids to make slippery, bouncy, and see-through concoctions. Take home the results of these experiments, and watch for changes.

Mystery Party
Ages 8–11
Your party guests will arrive with bated breath ready to join in solving a perplexing mystery. They’ll discover secret clues, investigate the motives of cunning suspects, and use scientific techniques to uncover solutions to baffling LHS crimes. Scenarios vary depending on the age of the birthday child.

Winter Wizardry
Ages 7 –12
Discover the secrets of winter frost and cold. Create beautiful “frost” and crystal patterns that won’t melt. Conduct a chemical reaction that turns cold. Experiment with dry ice, and be amazed at what happens when a banana and a balloon are plunged into a liquid that is hundreds of degrees below zero.
November–February

PHYSICS WORKSHOPS
1:15–2:05 p.m., or
2:30–3:20 p.m.

Electrical Connections
Ages 4–6
Ec-static! is how you’ll feel at this electrifying party workshop. Find out what things make the best paths for electricity by using batteries and light bulbs to complete simple circuits. But beware, a shocking and hair-raising experience awaits you and your guests.

 Volts 'n' Jolts
Ages 7–Adult
A shocking and hair-raising experience is in store after you use coils, magnets, batteries, and solar cells to generate electricity. You will also see sparks fly with our high-voltage special effects.