Museum of Science and Industry


Summer Brain Games

Keep sharp with science challenges from MSI!


 

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Summer Brain Games are Back at MSI!

We're ready for another fun summer of learning with Summer Brain Games! For the second year, MSI is offering up an exciting science-fused solution to help kids stay engaged during summer vacation.

Summer Brain Games offers eight weeks of free and fun at-home science experiments designed to combat the "summer brain drain," when kids lose months of critical learning. The free online activity guide features weekly experiments exploring summer themes like gardening, sunlight and sprinklers, all easily done at home with kids of all ages (and a little adult supervision).

The Summer Brain Games online kit has other engaging tidbits about the science to be found around you all summer—and year—long. Learn about optics by creating a pinhole viewer, watch plants grow without soil, build a weather station and much more.

Get in the Games!

Register to be a part of MSI’s Summer Brain Games, and you’ll receive a voucher good for a FREE Museum Entry at MSI this summer. We'll send you a weekly email with tips on each experiment and additional ways to play with science. And, each week, one lucky winner will receive a household membership to MSI to experience a whole YEAR of science.

How large of a tetrahedron kite can you build? How many steps are in your Rube Goldberg machine? How many plants are in your hydroponic garden? We'll ask you later to share your Summer Brain Games experiences for a chance to win a family tech package including a notebook computer, iPad and digital camera!

Register to Get in the Games
Receive a free Museum Entry voucher for MSI this summer and chances to win a household membership.
Week 1: Balloon Racers
Summer is off and running with some air-powered Newtonian motion!

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  • Extended hours through Labor Day:
    Daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas
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5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637
1 (773) 684-1414
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