sci-tech discovery center

We took our 6 year old here. Coming from a much larger city I was expecting more. It is a very small science center with few exhibits. While my little one enjoyed it I would not invest in a membership. Not enough there to do to make it worth your while. Hopefully someday they will expand. I would not recommend this place for older kids.

I have been to Sci-Tech two times with my kids. It is interesting and hands on and some of the traveling exhibits are great but save your money and visit one of the larger Science museums in the area. The Perot, the TI museum in Dallas or the Ft Worth Science museum is far worth the time investment.

I took my grandkids age 6-12 Definitely too old for this particular venue. Not much to it for the cost of entrance.

During our visit my son was extremely impressed and entertained by all of the hands on exhibits. What can make a boy happier than huge building blocks and legos. I would not go during a field trip. While I was there one arrived and it was chaotic. This is a small museum but has quite a bit to do for a couple of hours. I do not recommend this museum for children under 5 or older than 10.

This place is completely geared toward kids 10 and under, I would say. That being said, I laugh at people who review this place as adults and say "I had a horrible time. So boring." Clearly it's boring and small for you....grow up, you're an adult. Barney bores the hell out of me, but my 2 year old thinks it's a riot. Same principle. That said...I took my 2 year old daughter, 6 year old niece, and 9 year old nephew to this place and we stayed for over 2 hours. It's a great place to go interact with your children and help them learn. It's small enough that you can let them run all over the place and still keep an eye on them. They had children's plays going on, a book station, legos, a hurricane simulator, physics toys/experiments (the so called "golf ball dumb toys" as other apparently non-scientifically oriented reviewers put on here), bubble station, electrical engineering, a girl with a ball python walking around, etc etc. So many things to do with your kids and get involved.If you're looking to dump your kids off while you stand in the corner and play Candy Crush on your cell phone or text your BFF's , yeah, this place might be boring to you. If you're looking to get involved with your little ones, help them get a head start in science, and have a good time while you're doing it for $7 a person? This is the place.

We were gifted a membership and have visited Sci-Tech twice, a third time we went to the butterfly exhibit outside, which was small but something new and fun. Our kids are 3 and 9 and both have enjoyed all aspects, especially the giant bubbles, chemistry demonstration (mad scientist-style), make-believe recycling center, Smart Car, science lab and market. It's nice to have an educational, air-conditioned summer alternative to staying home in the Texas heat. Additionally, we held our son's 9th birthday party here and the experience was beyond our expectations. We received a discount with our membership, the entire staff went above and beyond to accommodate and entertain our group. We chose the rocket experiments theme, and the kids (ages 3-9) AND parents had fun with it, the party hosts were organized & capable. Everyone had a blast and we were even treated to a visit from the resident snake before we left- the children were allowed to hold and pet it, a favorite memory of theirs that wasn't even on the party schedule. We had a ton of help from the staff unloading and loading party supplies from the car, and the party hosts helped with set-up, clean-up and were incredibly kind and patient to help interweave our Star Wars theme with the party plan.4 stars only because I think they could use more staff on the floor explaining/helping with exhibits. We haven't been in the area long enough to see whether there is a good rotation of activities but I could see how a few visits would be enough if the exhibits aren't switched out with some frequency. Overall: Love the staff, love the facility, great party experience that we would pay for again, and enjoyable enough activities to avoid summer boredom. More visitors and suggestions can only make it better.

I bought an annual membership and have taken kids there multiple times now. hands on things are fantastic but need some staff members to explain the purpose or put some explanation out there of the purpose behind these experiments.

I am not much of a museum person at all. Until now! This place is so amazing and fun! There is stuff to do at every corner. Very hands on and exciting!

Thank you for your posting. Sci-Tech hosts new traveling exhibition features each summer and either during the fall or spring semesters. In 2013, we hosted SuperKids Save the World from the Magic House (St Louis) in the summer, and PBS' Cyberchase from the Children's Museum of Houston in the fall. In the upcoming 2014 summer, we will host Spin! from Catawba Science Center (Hickory NC) and another traveling exhibit feature in spring 2015. During the single season we don't host a traveling exhibit, Sci-Tech stages our own exhibitions. During spring 2013, at the time of this review, we displayed - in addition to Coordination Station, the 'golf ball' exhibit - several other exhibitions: Bodies in Balance (homeostasis), DNA at Work (from the Koshland Museum, Washington DC), Weather (hurricane and tornado inter actives), and Nano (from the Science Museum of Minnesota). During the current spring season, we are staging MAKER SHOWCASE, featuring a Maker Studio for crafts, a Maker Bench for technology experiments, and two Maker Build inter actives (Imagination Playground and KEVA). We are expanding our physical facility and opening a new 4000sf exhibit space in summer 2014, where we will be able to stage traveling exhibition features while continuing to develop our permanent attractions.

Thank you for your posting. Sci-Tech hosts new traveling exhibition features each summer and either during the fall or spring semesters. In 2013, we hosted SuperKids Save the World from the Magic House (St Louis) in the summer, and PBS' Cyberchase from the Children's Museum of Houston in the fall. In the upcoming 2014 summer, we will host Spin! from Catawba Science Center (Hickory NC) and another traveling exhibit feature in spring 2015. During the single season we don't host a traveling exhibit, Sci-Tech stages our own exhibitions. During spring 2013, at the time of this review, we displayed - in addition to Coordination Station, the 'golf ball' exhibit - several other exhibitions: Bodies in Balance (homeostasis), DNA at Work (from the Koshland Museum, Washington DC), Weather (hurricane and tornado inter actives), and Nano (from the Science Museum of Minnesota). During the current spring season, we are staging MAKER SHOWCASE, featuring a Maker Studio for crafts, a Maker Bench for technology experiments, and two Maker Build inter actives (Imagination Playground and KEVA). We are expanding our physical facility and opening a new 4000sf exhibit space in summer 2014, where we will be able to stage traveling exhibition features while continuing to develop our permanent attractions.

Thank you for your posting. Sci-Tech hosts new traveling exhibition features each summer and either during the fall or spring semesters. In 2013, we hosted SuperKids Save the World from the Magic House (St Louis) in the summer, and PBS' Cyberchase from the Children's Museum of Houston in the fall. In the upcoming 2014 summer, we will host Spin! from Catawba Science Center (Hickory NC) and another traveling exhibit feature in spring 2015. During the single season we don't host a traveling exhibit, Sci-Tech stages our own exhibitions. During spring 2013, at the time of this review, we displayed - in addition to Coordination Station, the 'golf ball' exhibit - several other exhibitions: Bodies in Balance (homeostasis), DNA at Work (from the Koshland Museum, Washington DC), Weather (hurricane and tornado inter actives), and Nano (from the Science Museum of Minnesota). During the current spring season, we are staging MAKER SHOWCASE, featuring a Maker Studio for crafts, a Maker Bench for technology experiments, and two Maker Build inter actives (Imagination Playground and KEVA). We are expanding our physical facility and opening a new 4000sf exhibit space in summer 2014, where we will be able to stage traveling exhibition features while continuing to develop our permanent attractions.