Cheney Cowles Museum Has Plenty To Keep Kids Busy, Entertained

As part of the summerlong exhibition “Rivers and Dams: Promises, Progress and Peril,” the Cheney Cowles Museum is offering a special slate of children’s activities each Wednesday, Friday and Saturday through September.

Museum officials have dubbed the program J.U.M.P., or Junior Users Museum Program. All activities are on the museum grounds, weather permitting.

July’s schedule, which is included below, is subject to the following requirements:

Activities are limited to ages 6 and above (and some are limited to ages 8 and above);

There is no pre-registration (except for July 19);

Fees are $1 (except as noted);

Each group is limited to 15 participants (except for July 19), and each activity is scheduled to between one and two hours in length. For further information, call the museum, 2316 W. First, at 456-3931.

Wednesday, July 5

10-11 a.m., storyteller, Jennilynn Weight (Free)

11 a.m-noon, How clean is the water?

1-3 p.m., How fish swim/make a fish

Friday, July 7

10 a.m.-noon, Get Shocked! Electromagnets/Iron filing art (ages 8 and up)

1-3 p.m., Fish Masks

Saturday, July 8

10 a.m.-noon, Nature Casting

1-3 p.m., Sand Painting

Wednesday, July 12

10 a.m.-noon, How wet is our planet? (free, ages 8 and up)

1-3 p.m., Carp Kite

Friday, July 14

10 a.m.-noon, Salmon Pop-up Book

1-3 p.m., Electricity: Simple Circuits (ages 8 and up)

Saturday, July 15

10 a.m.-noon, Irrigation: How it works

1-2 p.m., Storyteller/Jennilynn Weight (free)

2-3 p.m., Cartoon Caper: Salmon Life Cycle

Wednesday, July 19 (This project done by volunteers for The Children’s Museum of Spokane

10 a.m.-noon, Fish Print T-shirt (preregistration and pre-payment required, $5/child; 20 participants.)

1-3 p.m., Fish Print T-shirt (same as above.)

Friday, July 21

10 a.m.-noon, How fish swim/make a fish

1-2 p.m. Storyteller/Alice Staley (Free)

2-3 p.m. Erosion, Rain Away

Saturday, July 22

10 a.m.-noon, Compass Walk

1-3 p.m., Water Wheel (ages 8 and up)

Wednesday, July 26

10 a.m.-noon, Get Shocked! Electromagnets/Iron filing art (8 and up)

1-2 p.m., Storyteller/Marial Crook (free)

2-3 p.m., Habitat River Diorama

Friday, July 28

10-11 a.m., Storyteller/Jennilynn Weight (free)

11 a.m.-noon, Dam Pop-up

1-3 p.m., Pollution: Oil & Water Don’t Mix/Marbleized Paper

Saturday, July 29

10 a.m.-noon, Water Treatment

1-2 p.m., Storyteller, Jennilynn Weight (free)

2-3 p.m., Salmon Hexaflexagon (8 and up)