Chemistry experiments, creatures and mazes will all be part of Super Science Saturday next weekend. 

The annual event presented by the St. Joseph Museum and Missouri Western State University will feature new opportunities including building pinhole cameras for watching a solar eclipse and activities about the science of fitness and nutrition. 

Kathy Reno with the St. Joseph Museum said the purpose of the day is to get children of all ages excited about math and science. 

“Giving children chances to actually get their hands on it and do it themselves and find out it’s a lot of fun, it’s not intimidating, you can see cause and effect for yourself,” Reno said. “It’s a way to really get kids thinking, ‘This is fun and exciting and I might want to study this further.’” 

Reno said this year, since the solar eclipse will be taking place in August, there will be some eclipse related activities. 

“One of the things they’ll be doing is having the planetarium shows, but they’re going to be shorter and free and focus on things like astronomy,” Reno said. “Daniel Benz of Benton, their science instructor, is going to help the children make pinhole cameras that they can watch the eclipse with, just kind of teach them why it’s important to have that camera, you don’t want to see it without that.” 

Super Science Saturday takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 28, in the Remington/Agenstein Hall on the Missouri Western campus. Admission is $3 for adults and students and free entry for children under five.

For more information, call (816) 232-8471 or visit the St. Joseph Museum website.