Gabriel Villalta, 10, Jacobi Carter, 3, and Clark Nicholson, 6, beryllium down the controls of a mock cockpit during the unveiling of the McCarran International Airport Eco City grounds astatine the Discovery Children's Museum Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. The interactive "LAS astatine Eco City" is the sixth grounds successful Eco City. Photo by: Steve Marcus
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 | 2 a.m.
Discovery Children’s Museum has received a $75,000 assistance from Google to grow hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics acquisition for children and families crossed Southern Nevada, officials said successful a quality release.
The wealth volition enactment 3 initiatives aimed astatine connecting children with STEM learning, vocation exploration and mentors: escaped tract trips for kindergarten done eighth-grade students, National Robotics Week and Discovery Girls successful STEM Day.
The tract travel subsidy volition screen admittance and schoolroom resources for 5,500 low-income K-8 students who would different deficiency entree to high-tech learning environments, according to the museum.
School tract travel request astatine the depository roseate 64% from 2023 to 2025, portion wide visitation fell 10%. The depository said the numbers amusement that proscription and admittance fees make terrible equity barriers for section Title I schools.
“Opening the doorway to STEM aboriginal tin alteration however a young idiosyncratic sees their future, particularly erstwhile learning feels similar play, and we privation much kids to person that chance,” said Allyson Eastman, assemblage and workforce improvement elder manager with Google. “Discovery Children’s Museum has spent implicit 3 decades bringing hands-on learning to students crossed the Las Vegas Valley, and we’re arrogant to assistance much of them observe a way successful subject and exertion they whitethorn not person imagined before.”
The assistance builds connected a increasing concern betwixt Google and the depository focused connected interactive STEM learning and introducing children and teens to emerging technologies and aboriginal careers.
In 2025, the concern supported robotics and STEM programming astatine the museum, including activities done Discovery Lab, robotics competitions and expanded Discovery connected Wheels programming for middle-school students.
“Research and our ain acquisition astatine Discovery amusement that meaningful STEM experiences tin assistance children physique confidence, spark curiosity and statesman to spot themselves arsenic aboriginal scientists, engineers, innovators and problem-solvers,” said Laura Christian, interim CEO of Discovery Children’s Museum. “Google has been an important spouse successful helping america grow these offerings, and this $75,000 assistance allows america to scope adjacent much children who whitethorn different look fiscal barriers to accessing these learning resources.”
Under the grant, astir 5,500 students volition person escaped admittance to the depository and instrumentality portion successful hands-on STEM experiments. Educators volition besides person schoolroom resources to proceed the learning aft their visits.
Expanded National Robotics Week programming volition springiness astir 5,000 visitors the accidental to research robotics done coding, drone piloting, demonstrations and interactive challenges. The activities are designed to link with real-world STEM careers and make involvement successful the museum’s Discovery Robotics Team program.
The assistance besides supported this year’s Discovery Girls successful STEM Day, which provided astir 600 girls and assemblage participants with escaped admission, STEM experiences, mentorship and opportunities to larn from women moving successful STEM fields.
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