Grab & Go Kids Planner

Here is another edition of Bayside Patch's Grab & Go Kids Planner, the perfect guide to events and activities for your family.

Check out upcoming events, geared toward kids and families that take place this weekend in Bayside and surrounding areas.

Here is a natural festival, scientific work of art, hunt, historical tour, and Restaurant Week dinner.

FAMILY BEST BETS OF THE WEEK

• National Estuaries Day - Little Neck Bay Festival

Where/When: Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Boulevard. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Why Go: The kids will have a blast with a number of activities, including canoe rides, games, and crafts.

Pricing: Free

• Digital '11: The Alchemy of Change

Where/When: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 Street. On Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. or Saturday or Sunday

Why Go: Along with seeing all of the other exhibits and activities at the Hall, kids will see how science and art when it comes to chemistry and scientists/artists around the world.

Pricing: Free with general admission, which is $11 for adults and $8 for kids 2 to 17. Free admission hours are on Friday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Where/When: The Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, near 111 Street and 49 Avenue, behind the Queens Museum of Art. On Sunday, at 10 a.m.

Why Go: You and the kids will work together, using clues, to find all that has been strategically hidden in the park.

Pricing: Free

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Why Go: Urban Park Rangers will not only be your tour guide, but will provide historical insight into all that Fort Totten is and has been throughout its history.

Pricing: Free

• Restaurant Week Dinner

Where/When:  . On Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening.

Why Go: You, and the family, will enjoy something off of the prix fixe menu for Queens Restaurant Week.

Pricing: $25 prix fixe menu