Second Saturday Science at Challenger Colorado is about giving families time to do science together. We provide hands-on, content-rich activities designed to encourage thoughtful engagement, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving among family members. Activities are leveled for school-age students and their parents/guardians and are coupled with a planetarium show highlighting the Colorado night sky. (May event does not include planetarium show.)
Plan on spending at least an hour at the center working through activities and viewing the planetarium presentation.
This event is free for families, but registration is required.
Challenger Learning Center of Colorado will not be hosting a Second Saturday Science during the month of September. We will be busy preparing for our participation in the annual Colorado Springs Cool Science Festival taking place at locations throughout the city October 3-18, 2026.
A full list of events and activities is available at https://www.coolscience.org/cool-science-festival-schedule.html
Challenger will sponsor an exciting escape room themed booth at the Cool Science Carnival Day for Kids at UCCS on October 3rd from 10AM-4PM. Details on the carnival can be found at https://www.coolscience.org/cool-science-festival-schedule.html Registration is not required for the carnival.
On Saturday, October 10th, as part of the Cool Science Festival, Challenger will collaborate with Space Foundation Discovery Center and the Colorado Springs Rocket Society for a "Rocket Revolution" Second Saturday held at Challenger from 9AM – 12PM.
Donate here to help keep these events free for local families.
