Family Zone Programs are FREE special events and activities for children of all ages and their families to enjoy together. From Asteroids to Zoology there’s always something exciting happening at the UMFPL Family Zone!

Things That Streak Across the Sky: Meteors and Comets
May 20 at 7:00PM! Meteorites and comets and asteroids are streaking across space near Earth! Come and learn about big rocks in space, like the recent meteorite explosion in Russia! Presented by Dr. Anne Schmiedekamp of Penn State University Abington’s Department of Science and Engineering.

Straka Dinosaurs
June 17 at 7:00PM! Fun and fossils! Go on a scientific exploration highlighting the world of dinosaurs, fossils, plants, bugs, undersea creatures and rocks/minerals. Field paleontologists Mike and Roberta Straka will show fossils and ancient life excavated from the Badlands of North and South Dakota.



