Cool Things to Do
MODS’ themed weekends are curated to be fun family experiences that are FREE with Museum admission. Check back frequently for the latest themes!
Explore MODS’ Monthly and Weekend Themed Experiences.
MODS’ themed weekends are curated to be fun family experiences that are FREE with Museum admission. Check back frequently for the latest themes!
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
From gliders and airships to drones and spacecraft, humans have developed many ways to experience the power of flight. Where can we go from here? Come check out some of the latest flight technology we have today, and test your engineering skills to imagine and design a flight craft of the future! Then, enjoy everything under the sea at MODS! Experience the power of ocean waves, the many amazing diverse habitats contained in the sea and the astonishing creatures that call these places their home.
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Experience the magic of flight by creating a biplane, rocket, and parachute. Learn how different objects glide through the air and participate in aviation challenges. Observe different marine life, dig for shells, create recycled masterpieces and experience the never-ending motion of the ocean.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
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June 24
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Celebrate Pride with MODS! Our day-long event is filled with colorful fun and educational activities for everyone. Participate in a Pride Parade through our exhibits! Join us in our rainbow science lab for a make-and-take Pride flag, instantly drying tie-dyed T-shirts (purchase a white shirt for $5 or bring one to use) and see a special Pride KaBoom! Show.
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Celebrate Pride with a story time, dance and shimmy to music and bubbles, and create Pride rainbow activities.
Cost: FREE Admission Day.
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Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
How do we find fossils? Who takes care of them after they are discovered? Travel back in time to discover what happened to our dinosaur friends and how they evolved into the animals we know today. Step into the shoes of a paleontologist and learn all about how to unearth dinosaur fossils! Meet today’s dinosaur descendants in an exciting animal encounter!
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Experience what life was like with dinosaurs. Create dinosaur fossils, hatch a dinosaur egg, and create dinosaur puppets to interact with our traveling exhibit, Expedition: Dinosaur.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Let’s grow together through playful learning! In the Discovery Spot. children ages 0-6 will be able to splash, climb, tinker and explore. We will be celebrating the opening of the Discovery Spot all month long! The new Discovery Spot is here to provide our community’s youngest scientists with their very first steps in science.
And don’t think we forgot about our scientists older than 6! Come visit us in The Hangar Makerspace for activities geared to our more experienced discoverers!
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Get a membership and experience the Discovery Spot (coming Summer 2023) open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. exclusive for Museum members hours.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
How do planes fly? How do trains stop? What technology changed that took us from steam engines to super-fast electric trains? Discover the way gears turn and wheels roll!
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Build trains, planes and trucks and experience how they work. Join Thomas and his friends to sort and identify shapes and complete engineering obstacles.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
October 28-29
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Calling all ghouls and goblins! Families will see how the creatures we may call “creepy” or “crawly” (snakes, lizards, tarantulas and scorpions) play an important role in the world we live in and learn what we can do to protect them. Using engineering skills and the engineering design process in The Hangar, MODS’ Makerspace, guests will construct a spooky structure using recycled and reusable materials and learn how to create a haunted house setting with dry ice and soap! It’s sure to be a spooktacular time!
In the Sprouting STEM Early Childhood Learning Lab, little pumpkins will make-and-take creepy crawly spiders and dance to the monster mash music time.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
It’s Slime Time at MODS! Soothe your stress, stimulate your senses and have some messy science fun with the Museum’s signature slime bar. Customize your concoction and enjoy it as a make-and-take after your visit!
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Experience the weather ingredients that make crazy winter storms. Understand the different states of matter of water and how it changes from ice to gas. Find out why the Florida climate is drastically different than many other places around the world.
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Observe which material melts ice faster, how a snowstorm can appear in a jar, experience misty bubbles and create snowball paintings and winter magic watercolors.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
December 9 • December 16
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Film starts at 10 a.m.
Celebrate South Florida’s favorite family tradition by wearing your pajamas or elf costumes for this festive event! Enjoy all Museum exhibits with a holiday science show, test your aim at our tropical “snowball” throwing station, make-and-take your own snow globe and build your own snowman. Admission includes an invitation to see The Polar Express in the AutoNation® IMAX® Theater. The film will start at 10 a.m.
Members: $30 per person (adult or child)
Non-members: $40 per person (adult or child)
Price includes all activities, Museum exploration, movie and commemorative bell.
December 31
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Ball Drop at 12 p.m.
Ring in 2024 with our annual Noon Year’s Eve celebration! Join us for a mid-day celebration with immersive activities, music, dancing and science. Create festive party gear and prepare for a ball drop to ring in the new year! Visit our gallery wall to add your own New Year’s resolution.
Sponsored by Dunkin’
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
What makes a reptile a reptile? Does a turtle come out of its shell, or is it a myth? Can snakes unhinge their jaw? Find out what animals have inspired some of the technology we use today. Visit the Museum to learn about these amazing creature powers and what they’ve contributed to our daily lives and more!
Just for early learners (ages 0-6): Experience animals from around the globe and create their own habitats. Learn about the rainforest, the Antarctic and the Australian Outback Desert.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
What does it take to build a towering skyscraper? What forces, like wind, must you consider when constructing a large building or a long bridge? Do you use the strongest, heaviest and most rigid materials, or ones that flex and bend? Come to the Museum to discover some answers to these questions, and see how you can engineer your own kind of superstructure!
Just for early learners (ages 0-6): Become engineers by building bridges using LEGO® DUPLO® Building Blocks, creating structures with magnetic tiles, and using various materials to experiment with how high you can build a tower.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Come to the Museum and learn about the amazing ecosystems that surround our coast, like coral reefs, mangroves and the Everglades. You can meet some of the animals that call Florida home and why it’s important to protect them and their habitats. See what you can do to help make the world a better place for everyone!
Just for early learners (age 0-6): Use LEGO® Bricks to build habitats and learn how unique habitats protect the animals that live there.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
May 2024
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Enjoy a day of dancing, music and more as we celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at MODS! Observe the geology of some of the many islands in the Pacific. Learn about different art forms from various Asian-Pacific American cultures. Explore the science of volcanoes and islands and participate in a shark tooth dig!
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Join us in celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage through themed dancing, movement and culture-related activities.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
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9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so start your morning with a one-of-a-kind dining experience with MODS’ otters before the Museum opens to the public!
Breakfast with our Otters features:
Breakfast with the Otters also includes Museum admission, an IMAX documentary and an original otter painting.
COST:
$75 per person
Space is limited. Pre-registration required.
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Time: Saturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. • 3 p.m.
Learn about the role insects, especially ladybugs, play in the environment. Join us in releasing ladybugs in our Food Forest!
Space is limited. Registration required.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
Space is limited. Pre-registration required.
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Time: Saturdays: 11 a.m. • 1 p.m. Sundays: 1 p.m. • 3 p.m.
Take a tour of the MODS Food Forest to learn about sustainable gardening and permaculture. Learn how to start your own at-home food forest by identifying plants adapted to thrive in our tropical climate. Tastings of produce from the MODS Food Forest depend on availability.
Cost: Included with Museum admission.
June 1, 2024
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
MODS is teaming up with FIU International Hurricane Research Center and the Florida Division of Emergency Management for one of our most popular annual events! Hurricane season is around the corner and future storm chasers, meteorologists and building engineers will learn all about this natural phenomenon and how to be prepared for anything nature throws our way! Test building skills against strong winds, learn about the water cycle and explore our Storm Center exhibit.
Just for Early Learners (ages 0-6): Dive into learning about how a hurricane is formed and experience its effects, make a hurricane in a bottle and test structures with strong winds to see what can withstand hurricane-force winds.
Cost: FREE Admission Day.
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