Summer STEAM Events

STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math

The Wilsonville Library is excited to bring back FREE STEAM classes, activities & events for kids in Summer 2025!

OMSI classes require registration and have limited age and class size. Please see below for registration dates.

Registration is completed through the portal Sign Up Genius and the page for each class will be linked below with their description.

If you have questions please contact the library during open hours or email childrens@wilsonvillelibrary.org

All other events are open and do not require registration.

Thursday, July 10 : The Art of Conservation
Oregon Aquarium

Learn about the causes of plastic pollution, impacts on the ocean, and ways you can help!

For children who will be in kindergarten or Grade 5 in Fall 2025

6pm

Library Oak Room

Saturday, July 12 : Crime Lab
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Registration for 'Crime Lab' begins June 14^th

See firsthand how fingerprints, footprints, and fibers can help catch a criminal.

For children who will be in Grades 4-5 in Fall 2025

2pm & 3:30pm

Library Oak Room

Saturday, July 19 : Cowabunga Chemistry
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Registration for 'Cowabunga Chemistry' begins June 21^st

Measure and mix ingredients to discover substances with strange and surprising properties: polymers.

For children who will be in Grades 2-3 in Fall 2025

11am & 1pm

Library Oak Room

Tuesday, July 22 : Power Play for the Planet
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Saving planet Earth together can be loads of fun! Join us to play games, solve puzzles, and tackle wacky challenges.

For children who will be in Grades K-5 in Fall 2025

5:30pm

Library Oak Room

Saturday, Aug. 2: Bug Me!
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Registration for 'Bug Me!' begins July 5^th

Discover how insects’ bodies change as they grow and how they survive in a world where they are one of nature’s smallest creatures.

For children who will be in Grades K-1 in Fall 2025

2pm & 3:30pm

Library Oak Room

Saturday, Aug. 9: Prehistoric Dinosaurs
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Registration for 'Crime Lab' begins July 12^th

Become a fossil-digging paleontologist and learn how to reassemble a complete dinosaur from just a few pieces.

For children who will be in Grades K-1 in Fall 2025

11am, 1pm & 2:30pm

Library Oak Room

Questions about August STEAM events? Please contact the Youth Services Librarians!

childrens@wilsonvillelibrary.org or 503-570-1599