Discovery Programs
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We now have 13 Discovery Programs that can be customized for your Scout Meetings, Family Science Nights, After School Science Clubs and classrooms! These exciting workshops, designed with professional lesson plans and dynamic discovery experiences, meet state curriculum requirements. Each hour long learning unit, complete with demonstrations, hands-on activities and a take home experiment, is designed for the elementary and early middle school student and are sure to spark imaginative learning. Introducing 7 new Discovery Programs for 2010!! Science in Art Science in art?? That’s right – join us as we do exciting activities like make rainbows from hydrated crystals while learning about color and diffusion, use LEDs and batteries to create kinetic art, make kaleidoscopes to analyze the way light behaves when it is reflected, and use nail polish and water to replicate the iridescence that a butterfly’s wings have. The Science of Assembly Assembly is an amazing science that can help us understand snowflakes, atoms, and help us develop an understanding of the way different rocks and minerals get their shape and properties. We’ll use molecular building kits to develop rocks and minerals of our own! Electro-Engineer Join us on an exploration of static electricity and simple circuits as we make simple buzzer games for students to experiment with! Balloonist Learn and have fun with balloons while we build Carbon Nanotubes, make screaming balloons, and make balloon boats! You’ll never look at a balloon the same way again. Crunching Numbers Let’s get out all of our science tools, like molecular building kits, rulers, calculators, mangoes, flowers, leaves, and bugs! That’s right – we are going to be investigating math in nature, and may even go outside (weather permitting)! Seussology Roll up your sleeves for some oobleck making, seed planting, oil spill cleaning fun as we read some classic selections from Dr. Seuss to reinforce science concepts Grossology! Get grossed out as we explore the impolite science of the human body.
Here are our original 5 programs. Invention Convention Anyone can be an inventor! Learn about some pretty cool inventions and explore the role of polymers in our lives. Sample demonstrations and activities: biodegradable peanuts, water crystals, making glue, growing slime Nanotechnology Why small is big! The study of this tiny technology is a big deal. Learn how nanoscientists work with things that are too small to see and discover how our world is changing as a result. Sample demonstrations and activities: Sense of smell, Alka Seltzer, Nanoclothes, DNA isolation from strawberries, constructing buckyballs Float and Sink Discover density and buoyancy through a series of fun, engaging experiments designed to see what floats, what sinks and why! Sample demonstrations and activities: soda challenge, aluminum foil balls, Cartesian diver, create your own submarine Flying High Experiment with wind and tornados, crush marshmallows with air pressure and learn how to use Bernoulli's Principle to fly a helicopter and hovercraft. Learn how we can use the wind and the science behind taking flight. Sample demonstrations and activities: create your own vortex, the eye of the storm, Bernoulli's helicopter, construct a windmill Totally Solar Break out your shades and discover the role of the sun in color, shadows, solar energy and more! Sample demonstrations and activities: color discs, shadow freezing, solar panels, solar beads and sunscreen |