Beekeeping!

We all know that pollinators are important! Come learn about bees and beekeeping: How long do bees live? How many eyes do bees have? What happens to bees in the winter?

Bettendorf Police Department

We will measure how fast you can throw a baseball. You can also check out the seatbelt convincer (weather depending) outside.

BHS Conservation & Science Clubs

Create an enclosed terrarium for a snail. Check out chemistry and physics demonstrations such as the ping-pong cannon and inertia wheel.

Building Futures: Explore Career Management Opportunities

Russell is more than builders. They create remarkable structures and vibrant communities. Their construction management team plays a pivotal role in turning visions into reality, managing projects from groundbreaking to completion.

Chemistry With SAU

Try your hand at fun chemistry experiments with chemistry professors and students from the St. Ambrose University Chemistry Department!

Girl Scouts

Join the fun in the Girl Scouts slime lab.

Illowa Council Cub Scouts

Fire Science: Learn about basic fire safety and starting a fire with flint and steel. Starting a fire requires three essential elements known as the "fire triangle": fuel, oxygen, and heat.

Instrument Petting Zoo

Experience the world of musical instruments and see the endless possibilities through music!

John Deere Manufacturing

Try your skill with a Virtual Reality Welding Simulator

Math Puzzles

Create designs, challenge yourself to find the way through a maze or take on a family member in a game. Fun for all ages!

Metronet: Fiber Optic Fun

Learn how fiber strands work to prove optic internet and how light signals travel through it to deliver internet service to our customers homes.

Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams

Come to learn about Mississippi River Navigation and Locks and Dams.

Mural Painting

Stop by and see how Bettendorf Middle School art teacher, Ms. McLeod, is painting a mural in the school office.

Parker Audiology The World of Wax

Video Otoscopy, discussion of infection control and older kids can experiment flushing out fake ears and discuss infection control.

Physical Therapy Obstacle Course

Our physical therapy students will guide kids through obstacle courses in the gym.

Planetarium

BHS Planetarium will have two shows. Showtimes are 12 and 1 pm. This event is at Bettendorf High School. Please enter through the main entrance at BHS and follow the signs to the planetarium.

Putnam Museum and Science Center

Simplicity is key when it comes to making electricity. Discover what it takes to build a simple circuit in this electrifying exhibit!

Quad Cities Clean Energy Center

Ask questions and learn about nuclear energy and how it helps our communities.

Quad City Steamwheelers "How to throw a spiral"

Learn how to throw a spiral with the QC Steamwheelers. The Steamwheeler dancers will also teach how to perform a perfect spin.

Raptors of Iowa

Join Naturalist/Director Dave Murcia of the Wapsi River Center of Scott County Conservation and learn about our natural world of raptors, including live birds of prey!

Robotics with HNI

Learn about robots as well and the problem resolution and product design processes of engineering. Try your skill in a robotic challenge.

Science Applied to Life by 3M

Learn how science applies to life and take home hands-on experiments that teach you how the world is put together.

Screen Printing

Screen print the STEAM Expo logo on a plastic bag.

Sensational Seeds

Explore the wide wonderful world of seeds, the differences in how they travel, and what they need to get growing!

Spin Art with the Figge

Use markers to blend colors to learn about centrifugal force with tabletop spin art.

St. AmbroseCenter for Health Sciences Education

Learn about the work of the St. Ambrose Center for Health Sciences Education.

STEAM @ the Bettendorf Public Library

Hands-on activity created on a laser engraver. Check out information available on the other STEAM-related programming and services.

The Adventures of Veterinary Medicine

Join us for an inside look at the day-to-day adventures of a small animal vet clinic from administering vaccines to radiology to general anesthesia. Look at specimens under the microscope and wear lead suits to take X-rays.

University of Iowa Health Care

Experience the medical field through hands-on activities led by medical students from the University of Iowa!

Watershed Education

Learn about Scott County watersheds, ways to help/improve our watersheds, and a watershed display to show how runoff can affect the watersheds!

Wild About Woodpeckers

Learn about woodpeckers and their adaptations for obtaining food in the wild. Create a woodpecker beak and see if your creation can gather seed out of the bird feeder!

Write More Light Into Your Life

Out-of-the-box, interactive storytelling activities and opportunities for young people including prompts, bookmaking, fortune telling, performance, and writing.