The Powerhouse Science Center announced Wednesday that Mindstorm Creative, Inc. has joined the campaign to build the premier science learning center serving Northern California. As a founding partner, Mindstorm joins other regional leaders and organizations in a cooperative effort to support the development of this vital new community asset and will lend their digital media production expertise to visually present the project. Located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River, the Powerhouse will function as a model for 21st century experiential STEM education (science, math, technology, engineering, space) and environmental stewardship. The design will be an exemplary “green” building

The Powerhouse Science Center in Sacramento announced recently that Wildlands has joined the campaign to build the premier science learning center serving Northern California. As a founding partner, Wildlands joins other regional leaders and organizations in a cooperative effort to support the development of this vital new community asset. Located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River, Powerhouse will function as a model for 21st century experiential STEM education (science, math, technology, engineering, space) and environmental stewardship. The design will be an exemplary “green” building that serves as an environmental teaching lab. “We are so pleased to partner with the Powerh

Not everyone has this coming Monday off (alas!) but for those that do, Sacramento has a few options for using your day off to celebrate the man it honors—Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK365 is presenting the 31st Annual March for the Dream, which includes a peaceful march (choose to begin from the Oak Park Community Center, Grant High School, or Sacramento City College) that convenes on the Sacramento Convention Center for an afternoon of celebration. There will be something for all ages and interests—vendor booths, kids’ crafts & activities, entertainment, an art village featuring local artists, and more. The Crocker Art Museum is opening their doors for their free Holiday Monday program. Mo

The Powerhouse Science Center and Aerojet today announced a $1.5 million gift from Aerojet, that will launch the new science complex’s cutting-edge simulated NASA space mission program, to be named the Aerojet Challenger Learning Center. The current heavily-used 17-year-old Challenger Learning Center is in full operation at the Discovery Museum Science & Space Center, which will relocate and become the Powerhouse Science Center when the new facility opens in 2014. Recently honored as one of the nation’s most successful Challenger Centers, Sacramento’s Challenger adventure inspires future astronauts with suspension-of-disbelief scenarios and problems, challenging students to apply the math

SACRAMENTO, CA. – Catherine Moulton has spent much of her professional career managing and advising on a variety of intricate design and construction projects, working for high profile companies like Walt Disney, Apple and NASA. Moulton’s latest endeavor will be to help shape one of the region’s most engaging projects – the Powerhouse Science Center. Moulton will volunteer her services, joining Michele Wong and Warren Smith as chair people for the Powerhouse Science Center, a premier science learning center that will serve Northern California. “I am inspired by all the talented, dedicated people who are collaborating to make the Powerhouse Science Center an outstanding educational facili

The Rotary Club of Sacramento announced today that the 27th annual “Bids for Kids” charity event raised a record-setting $388,000 for this year’s recipient – the Powerhouse Science Center. All proceeds from “Bids for Kids” go toward building the Powerhouse Science Center, which will be located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River. The Center will cost an estimated $50 million and has nearly completed its pre-construction phase. The 60-year old Discovery Museum Science & Space Center at 3615 Auburn Blvd., is scheduled to move from its current location and become the Powerhouse Science Center in 2013. Bids for Kids, an elegant evening of fine food and drink, was held at the Sacramen

The Powerhouse Science Center has been selected as the recipient for the Rotary Club of Sacramento’s 27th annual “Bids for Kids” charity event on Saturday, May 14. This elegant evening of fine food and drink will be held at Sacramento’s Discovery Museum Science & Space Center. The night will include silent and live auctions, with a variety of donations that range from exotic vacation getaways, premium wines, restaurant gift cards, theatre and sporting event tickets, and much more. All proceeds from “Bids for Kids” will go toward building the Powerhouse Science Center, which will be located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River. The Center will cost an estimated $50 million and has

The Powerhouse Science Center, a science and space learning center for Northern California that will be located on the banks of the Sacramento River, announced today that it raised more than $233,000 during its first telethon on Saturday. The Center received major contributions from Social Venture Partners of Sacramento, Wells Fargo, Sierra Health Foundation, Intel and Aerojet, along with hundreds of contributions from other donors. “The Powerhouse Science Center is a tremendous collaborative effort between many dedicated groups,” said Michelle Wong, interim executive director for the Powerhouse Science Center. “We were gratified at the community reaction as so many people participated a

The greater Sacramento region will soon be home to a high-tech, hands-on science museum that will immerse our children – and our children’s children – in science, technology, engineering and math. But the new Powerhouse Science Center needs your help to ensure the project remains on schedule for a proposed opening in two years. One way to help the Powerhouse Science Center is by supporting the upcoming KOVR- CBS-13/CW-31 telethon that airs from 9-10 a.m. Saturday morning, March 5. “Good Day Sacramento” (CW-31) will promote the event from 6-9 a.m. during its March 5 broadcast, and the telethon will air live on CW-31 between 9 and 10 a.m. Viewers will be able to call in and donate to the

SACRAMENTO, CA. – The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center announced today it has completed a much-anticipated robotics lab that will encourage education in science, technology, engineering and math in the Sacramento region. The robotics lab, which opens Feb. 23, is the first program destined for the Powerhouse Science Center, which will become the new home of the Discovery Museum Science & Space Center in 2013. Located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River, the Powerhouse Science Center (www.powerhousesciencecenter.org) will be the premiere science and space learning center serving Northern California. Robotics education has become a successful method nationally to help teach S

The Powerhouse Science Center in Sacramento today announced it has accepted a $250,000 grant from First 5 Sacramento. The grant will help build a room that will support a school readiness program by featuring age and development-appropriate learning activities. Located on the scenic banks of the Sacramento River, the Powerhouse Science Center will be the premier science and space learning center serving Northern California. It will serve as a model for 21st-century experiential education in science, math, technology, engineering, and space – and an exemplary “green” building that functions as an environmental teaching lab. The Center, which will cost an estimated $50 million, has nearly

Sacramento's Discovery Museum and its partners could use the community's help as they vie for $7 million in state grants to build the Powerhouse Science Center, supporters said Wednesday. Fundraisers working on behalf of the museum and Carson Development Co. are asking Sacramentans to write letters to California State Parks supporting an application for the single biggest chunk of public money being sought for the $50 million project. The city of Sacramento and PG&E are partnering on the project. The $7 million would be used to build an earth, science and space center with a planetarium dome, which may be the first phase of construction. The money was applied for under California Propos

The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center is a great place to take the kids. The Center rotates exhibits about every six months. Each exhibit is designed to be an interactive experience for all ages. Featured are activities for different learning levels. Activities include hands-on stations with specimens or experiments. Search and find guides are designed for each exhibit and are based on the California State Science Standards. Play areas and costume areas are particularly popular with families. This weekend was all about Terrific Triceratops dinosaurs, as well as the Gee Whiz Geology exhibit. Two boys hold up a compass in front of Cosmos the Robot to see if it can guess what it is

As part of its First Saturday series, the Sacramento Zoo hosted California Celebration. The event, included with zoo admission, featured animal showcases, cultural performances and the activity booths of various businesses and groups. Events like these help organizations with no marketing budget, such as the Discovery Museum, spread the word. "The zoo and the Discovery Museum are in the same business, science education," said Beth Callahan, director of marketing and development at the museum. "We're trying to get kids interested. Our obligation is to provide a science-literate community." The museum's activity, letting kids add yarn "fur" to a bald woolly mammoth, was a hit. By the end o

A robotics lab program for children is expected to be built for the Powerhouse Science Center by summer. AT&T, which will announce a $25,000 donation Tuesday, is joining Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Otto Construction and Sacramento City Councilmember Sandy Sheedy to create a portable lab that will be set up at the Discovery Museum. The program will be transferred to the new science center, which is expected to open in about three years. This is the first program for the center to be fully funded, said Beth Callahan, director of development and marketing for the Discovery Museum. "We are on track," she said. A capital campaign is under way to build a science museum on a four-acre campus cent

The Powerhouse Science Center is looking for a few good founding partners. The Discovery Museum is trying to recruit private investors who can provide seed money to help build a $50 million "iconic" riverfront science and space museum hoped to rival some of the nation's biggest science museums. The new, expanded museum is being developed to provide adventurous, hands-on science and math education to boost kids' interest in the subjects and to help draw high-tech companies — while launching the kind of serious waterfront development that's been talked about for at least three decades, museum supporters said Tuesday. The four-acre campus would contain a museum built in the long-vacant Pac

Sacramento took another step toward turning the historic Pacific Gas & Electric power station into a $50 million riverfront science and space museum Tuesday. The Sacramento City Council authorized continued negotiations on a proposal by the Sacramento Museum of History, Science and Technology -- also known as the Discovery Museum -- and Carson Development Co. to build a museum expansion north of Old Sacramento. The council also gave the developers more time to get through the environmental review process.  The four-acre Powerhouse Science Center site would contain a museum, planetarium, river-view restaurants, conference center, small amphitheater and open park space next to the American