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Backyard Safari
Grab your binoculars and join the expedition as we explore the birds and beasts that inhabit our backyards. In this safari of fun we’ll discover a variety of animals, worms, butterflies and even dig for dinosaur bones. It’s sure to be an adventure! |
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Animal Friends – Roar with the lions and explore the animal kingdom. Learn about different types of families and how to talk like the animals. Examine a variety of animal coverings such as fur, fins, and feathers. Transform into your favorite animal when you create your very own mask. |
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Butterflies – Discover all about butterflies – where they come from and their stages of growth. Experiment with how butterflies eat and make a butterfly to fly home. |
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Dinosaurs – Live dangerously! Hold the jaw bone of a dinosaur and learn the story of “Stegy”. Become a junior paleontologist and go on a dinosaur dig. Learn about casting and make a souvenir T-Rex tooth as proof of your exciting hunt for these flesh eating dinosaurs. |
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Fluttering Birds – Fly away with our fine feathered friends on a day that’s for the birds! Learn about different species and their unique eggs and how a bird’s beak is a tool. Practice your bird calls with bird warblers that you can use to explore your neighborhood! |
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World of Worms – Inspect the wiggly world of a worm. Use a magnifying glass and powers of observation to get the dirt on our important friends. Unearth the habits and the body parts of one of nature’s slimiest creatures. |
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Gimme Five
Listen up! Seeing is believing when we examine the wonders of our five senses. Join us as we look for taste buds and discover sound waves. We may even stop to smell the roses! |
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Eye to Eye – Telescopes, binoculars, and magnifying glasses are just a few of the scientific tools that we will bring into play. See your eyes in a different light. Use a miniature telescope and see what you never saw before! |
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Keep in Touch – Do you know how sensitive the tips of your fingers are? Using only your sense of touch, you will try to identify objects you see everyday. Determine what makes some objects safe to touch and others not. No Band-Aids needed! |
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Listen Closely – Investigate the sounds that catch our attention. With a wave motion model and a twirling tube in hand, learn how sound travels in waves and can be heard in a variety of pitches. Experiment with ordinary materials to make movie sound effects. |
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Look Closely – Explore mirrors, reflections and optical illusions. Use hand-held microscopes to get a closer look at everyday objects. Continue the fun at home with your very own magnifying glass. |
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Taste and Smell – Join us for a journey through our mouth and nose. Discover your senses of smell and taste. Learn how your senses help you enjoy all of your favorite foods as well as those that are not as yummy. Create your very own scented pictures. |
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The ME Machine
What makes you tick? The subject of this course is…YOU! From bones and muscles to the food you eat and the energy it creates, join us as we discover it’s what’s inside that matters. |
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Human Body – No bones about it, the human body is amazing! Feel the movement of your muscles and find out how they work with your bones to help you run. Listen to the beat of your heart and uncover why it’s the most important muscle in your body. |
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Healthy Choices – An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Discover why eating fruits and vegetables help you grow big and strong! Learn the basics of healthy eating and make a meal using the “food pyramid”. |
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Energy and Motion – Examine how things move while we learn about the basic laws of motion. Discover that energy can be stored and released. Create a roller coaster and take home a marvelous energy machine – a nylon spring! |
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Science of Music – Boom, tap, smack, cha-cha-cha. Feel, hear, and see the vibrations of sound. Test different types of instruments. Examine the loud and quiet rhythms that make music rock! |
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The World of Color – Welcome to the exciting world of color! Use chemical reactions and, yes, even rainbows! Roll up your sleeves and get into color mixing with liquids, gels, and paints. Color your world beautiful with a sun catcher that captures the light. |
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My Amazing World
From the dirt under our toes to the stars above our heads, take a journey through our world and beyond. Start with a dip in the ocean, fly through the air and then blast off to space. Each day is a new destination! |
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Adventures in Air – Discover the power of air! How can something invisible have the power both to speed things up and slow things down? Soar the skies with your very own cloud climber. |
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Seas, Sand and Surf – Beach blanket fun at club Pre-School! Make your own sand and see how shells are used by animals for protection. Take an imaginary ride on a Mad Science submarine and see what animals call the ocean home. Create your own ocean in a bottle. |
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Space Frontiers – 3...2...1...Blast off! Be a Mad Science Astronaut! Take a walk on the Moon and collect lunar rocks. Travel around our solar system and make your own constellation. Watch out - here comes a comet! Mix dramatic play with science exploration in Mission: Mad Science. |
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Water Works – Make a splash and see why some big things can float and why some little things sink. Water is more complicated than it looks. Experiment with density, absorption and surface tension. |
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Weather Wonders – What can make a sunny day fun? Making raindrops! See how heat, water, and wind make weather happen. Take home your own colorful windsock that shows the movement of wind. |
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My First Lab
It’s Mad Science 101. Snatch up your coat and meet at the lab-- it’s time for science fun! Flasks, beakers and balance beams are some of the equipment your junior scientist will experiment with. We’ll even do a little mixing to shake things up. |
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Mad Mixtures – Conjure up an eruption in our Mad Science lab. Use chemistry to blend different colors together and create liquid lasagna. Mix-up a batch of Mad Science play dough to take home. |
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Let’s Measure – Explore mass and length through the use of scales, balance beams and giant feet! Take home a giant measuring foot to practice what you’ve learned. |
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Magnetic Attraction – Experience the concept of magnetism. Find out why some things are magnetic and some things are not. Examine the poles and power of magnets. And grasp the idea of magnetic fields. |
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Shapes and Structures – Shapes-galore make this workshop a building success! Work with different shapes and structures in this hands-on introduction to engineering science. Discover the concept of structures using magnatiles. Even make your own structures using colorful cornstarch noodles. |
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Lights On – Did you know white light is made out of a rainbow of colors? How can we use it? Catch a shadow on a phosphorescent paperboard and experience light in a new way through your own rainbow glasses. |
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