Tour a house that depends on the sun for power. Learn how to ride a Segway. Take your blood pressure. It’s all at Science Saturdays at the Science Museum of Virginia, Saturdays May 3-31, noon- 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, is Solar Day. At noon and 2 p.m. use a small solar panel to make a fan turn. Tour the Virginia Tech Solar House at 1 and 3 p.m. While you’re at the museum, explore technologies used in surgeries in the visiting exhibit Zap! Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge. See the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME. Ride wild Colorado River rapids — without getting wet.

Saturday, May, 10 is National Astronomy Day. Discover how to identify summer stars and constellations at noon and 2 p.m. Look directly at the sun through safe telescopes at 1 and 3 p.m. — weather permitting. While you’re at the museum, explore technologies used in surgeries in the visiting exhibit Zap! Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge. See the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME. Ride wild Colorado River rapids — without getting wet.

Saturday, May 17, is Medicine Day. Take your blood pressure at noon and 2 p.m. Identify bones on X-rays at 1 and 3 p.m. While you’re at the museum, see the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME. Ride wild Colorado River rapids — without getting wet.

Saturday, May 24, is Physics Day. At noon and 2 p.m. see a ping pong ball float on air. At 1 and 3 p.m. race a paper ball and a flat piece of paper. While you’re at the museum, see the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME. Ride wild Colorado River rapids — without getting wet.

Saturday, May 31, is Catch a Ride Day. At noon and 2 p.m. ride a historic streetcar — weather permitting. At 1 and 3 p.m. learn how to ride a Segway. While you’re at the museum, see the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME. Ride wild Colorado River rapids — without getting wet.

Zap! Surgery is owned by Carnegie Science Center . It is made possible by major funding from UPMC Health System, Richard King Mellon Foundation and Johnson & Johnson with in-kind support from ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC. and SONY Technology Center – Pittsburgh . Zap! Surgery is sponsored at the Science Museum of Virginia by Owens & Minor and Lipstock Lasik & Cataract Center . Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk is produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films and MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation in association with Waterkeeper Alliance and Museum Film Network, which includes the Science Museum of Virginia. Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk is presented by Teva and supported by Kolhler Company. Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk is sponsored at the Science Museum of Virginia by Patient First.

Science Saturdays and Zap! Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge are included with exhibit admission. Tickets are $9 for youth ages 4-12, seniors 60+ and active military and $10 adults ages 13-59. Tickets to see the giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk and visit Science Saturdays, Zap! Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge and museum exhibits are $16.50 for youth ages 4-12, seniors 60+ and active military, and $17.50 for adults.

For Science Museum information call (804) 864-1400 or (800) 659-1727 or visit the museum’s web site. The Science Museum is located at 2500 W. Broad St.

– The information above was provided by Nancy Tait at the Science Museum