STEAM IN GENEVA FOR KIDS

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic. Let’s make it wholesome by adding an A for Arts! Now we have something we can work with. There are many places and some great courses where your child can discover and experience STEAM disciplines.

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Where to go? Where to enrol?

CERN

Well, hello!? Aren’t we living in the canton that hosts one of the most important scientific organisations in the world? Do not hesitate to take your kids to the Science Gateway or book one of the workshops there. The exhibitions are not designed for kids but for the general public. Still, it’s hands-on enough to be worth your time.

CERN has also created a cycle trail around the LHC (the Large Hadron Collider), recommended for kids aged 8+: the Passport to the Big Bang.

SCIENCE HISTORY MUSEUM

The Science History Museum presents objects and methods scientists have used. A lot of things to manipulate, touch, and look through. Be sure to check their current temporary exhibition, as well as Wednesday’s workshops! For more details visit the Museum’s website.

MAISON DE LA CRÉATIVITÉ

STEM cannot exist without creativity. We usually relate creativity to artists of all sorts, but scientists are one of the most creative creatures as well! Maison de la Créativité invites kids up to age 6 to enjoy many creative activities indoor and outdoor in a wonderful garden.

ADDICTLAB

Based in the SDG Solution space, they offer various STEAM courses that include technology, arts, and SDG goals. Addictlab works closely with private school, international organizations, and takes on many initiatives eg a Science Week in Pays de Gex.  But they also welcome kids in homescholling programs, organize camps in Geneva and in the wonderful Chateau Voltaire. Birthday parties with AddictLab are very playful and intruguing! Visit their website for more details.

BRICKS 4 KIDZ

Weekly classes, ponctual workshops, and camps – alla round the best toy ever greated: Lego bricks. Design, build, create. Includes robotics, programming, construction, architecture, and tons of creativity. Find out more here. 

FUTURE KIDS

Robotics, electronics, coding, creation of games, Minecraft, and more. They offer weekly courses, camps, birthday parties, and occasional workshops. They offer courses in Rive, Collange-Bellrive, Petit-Lancy, and Servette. Read more about them here.

KNOCK ON WOOD

A place where kids become powerful as there is nothing more fullfilling than creating something woth our own hands. Working with wood is as much filled with STEM as using Lego, or even more.

Kids use real serious tools, learn how to design, learn from their own mistakes. They get to spend time in a serious workshop with passionate people that perfectly mix STEM with ART.  More about this brilliant place here.

OUTSIDE GENEVA

A little trip to somewhere maximum 1h drive away? Here are my propositions of STEM destinations:

Espace des Innovations, in Lausanne, click to open their website.

La Turbine Des Sciences, in Annecy, click here.

Aquatis, in Lausanne, visit their website for details.

Espaces des Mondes Polaires in the French Jura. Read my article about it here.

Maison du Saleve, Parentville’s article about it here.

And a bit farther: Explorit Kindercity in Yverdon, that I find absolutely fantastic.