3rd Grade - Atmospheric Adventures

​Ready, Set, Change Phase 3.P.2.2, 3.P.2.3
Take dry ice experiments to the next level with activities that get your class moving like molecules bonding and breaking bonds as they change phase.

Atmospheric Adventures 3.P.2.1, 3.P.2.2, 3.P.2.3​
Atmospheric Adventures builds on Ready, Set Change Phase with a deep dive into the atmosphere and pressure.  Watching the atmosphere crush a can with a firm grip on what is happening never gets old.

Water Rockets Rock 3.P.1.1, 3.P.1.2, 3.P.1.3, 3.P.2.1  
Continuing to build on  Atmospheric Adventures, Water Rockets  Rock moves from how gas molecules behave, to pressure and introduces forces and motion as we use water and air pressure to launch rockets over 200 feet in the air.​

4th Grade - Electricity and Magnetism

​What is Magnetism and Where does it Come From? 4.P.1.1, 4.P.2.1 
Ever wonder where magnets come or what magnetism is in the first place?  Turn your whole class into an iron atom and find out!  Then we will play with lodestones, discover magnetic fields and even learn how objects can become magnetized.

Let's Make and Electromagnet! 4.P.3.1, 4.P.2.
Building on students new understanding of how magnetism works, this program investigates how electromagnetism works with students making and testing multiple electromagnets.

Let's Generate some Electricity! 4.P.3.1 
Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, it can only change form.  In this program, students will gain a deeper understanding of how electricity is generated by converting mechanical energy they provide into electricity they can see.  

5th Grade - Friction, Motion and Momentum

Friction isn't Fiction! 5.P.1.1
In “Friction isn’t Fiction”, students will explore the relationship between normal force, coefficients of friction and friction forces with sliding blocks, different material combinations, test masses, spring scales and calculators. Once the lab tests are complete and we are all speaking the language of friction the students will play a game of Unfair Tug-O-War.

How Fast and How Far? 5.P.1.2, 5.P.1.3 
Understanding motion as is pertains to distance and time can be confusing.  “How Fast and How Far” introduces the topic in a way that is simple and fun.  Students will   

Trebuchet Challenge! 5.P.1.1, 5.P.1.2, 5.P.1.4 
​There is nothing more enchanting than watching the smooth motion of a trebuchet illustrating so many laws of physics at one time.  After learning a brief history of the trebuchet and a down and dirty understanding momentum, conservation of energy and leverage, students are let loose to take on the trebuchet challenge.
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Enrichment Programs

Perfect for after-school enrichment

​​Bio-mimicry 
Explore the natural world right under your feet to see some amazing designs found in nature.  Some of the talents of our creepy crawly friends will amaze you.
Next we delve into how humans have copied some of these amazing features, some of which you use everyday!
Finally, make your own bugs with scraps on hand. Students are given a habitat, predator and prey and you make the bug that lives and thrives in that environment.

Waves and Information
How do you perceive the world around you and how does that information get to you?
We will build a large scale wave machine on site with the help of the students and study how waves move. Once we know how information gets to us, we will delve into how our brains interpret information that is encoded on the waves that reach us.