9/29/2009 - ACM Announces Dates for Engineering Saturday

ACM kicks off Engineering Saturday, a program which allows kids to explore engineering through hands-on activities.

Austin Children’s Museum, with support from the Monsanto Fund, kicks off Engineering Saturday, a program which allows children and their families to explore engineering through playful, hands-on activities led by students from The University of Texas’s Cockrell School of Engineering.

On select Saturdays, visitors can participate in engineering challenges which may include designing a catapult, building a working circuit or creating sailboat cars. Activities are led in the Tinkerer’s Workshop, a permanent exhibit at ACM, and are changing all the time.

Children and their families can enjoy Engineering Saturday on select Saturdays at Austin Children’s Museum from 10 am to noon. Fall dates for Engineering Saturday are October 3, 24 and 31, and November 7 and 14. Price is included in admission.

For more information about Engineering Saturday and other programs at ACM, please visit www.austinkids.org.

ABOUT MONSANTO FUND

The Monsanto Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company. Incorporated in 1964, the Fund’s primary objective is to improve the lives of people by bridging the gap between their needs and their resources. The Monsanto Fund is focused on grant-making in four main areas: nutritional well-being through agriculture; science education, primarily on professional development for teachers; healthy environment, which includes conservation, protection of biodiversity, clean water and restoration of wildlife habitat; and improving the quality of life in communities where Monsanto employees live and work. Visit the Monsanto Fund at www.monsantofund.org/asp/welcome.asp.

ABOUT ACM

The mission of the Austin Children's Museum is to create innovative learning experiences for children and families that equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers. Located at the Dell Discovery Center downtown at the corner of 2nd Street and Colorado, the Austin Children's Museum is one of the city's popular cultural attractions with 200,000 visitors annually. Founded in 1983 as a non-profit organization, the Austin Children's Museum delivers its mission through a variety of exhibits, programs and outreach activities. For more information, please visit austinkids.org.

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