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Plan your visit to our workshops!
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Tinker with circuits, meet live snakes, and express your inner-builder! These free, drop-in programs will run through the end of the school year:
Excelsior Site:
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Tinker Time, every Monday from 3 to 5pm
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Third Saturdays from 10am to 3pm
Mission Site:
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Tinker Time, every Wednesday from 3 to 5pm
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Second Saturdays from 10am to 3pm
Mission Science Workshop wants to bring California's most underserved youth the best teacher. That teacher is curiosity. Our method is science.
Free, community drop-in hours at Mission and Excelsior workshop sites
School and group visits to Mission and Excelsior Science Workshops
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We believe that through experiments, tinkering, and construction activities children and youth will gain the confidence to grow academically, as they also develop a genuine interest in the world around them.
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Our two SF neighborhood science centers offer programs to 11,000 underserved students and their families throughout the year, and offer 1,400 workshops annually with 41 public schools and dozens of community partner groups.
Mission Science on PBS
Dan Sudran, director and founder of the Mission Science Workshop in San Francisco tries to inspire kids with science. Here he talks about the guiding educational philosophy of the organization with Spencer Michels of the PBS News Hour.
Program attendees can take home a tadpole. Grow your own frogs!
MSW’s two bilingual community science centers in San Francisco provide hands-on science to youth from low-income households, their schools, and families.
Artwork by Laurie Wigham
MSW’s mission is to provide hands-on science activities to help children from low-income communities gain confidence and grow academically, while also developing a genuine interest in the world around them. For 28 years, we have partnered with Title 1 public schools, community-based organizations, and individuals to provide programs that empower students and enrich their lives through engaging science education. We currently serve 41 public schools and annually impact approximately 12,000 individual students and their families.