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2017 Spring Session: Fantastic Forces & Flight!

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First-Third Grade Students

Tuesdays: 3/28/17 – 5/9/17

2:55-3:55 p.m. in the Lower Grade Science classroom 

Mad Science Session 3.  Fantastic Forces and Flight.  Tuesday, March 28 – Tuesday, May 9th.  2:55 – 3:55 in Lower Science classroom.  

Fantastic Forces & Flight

In these exciting hands-on classes, you will play engineer, chemist and stunt pilot! You’ll be shocked by what you learn about electricity, be blown away by experiments with air pressure, and get swept away in the excitement of working with water waves!

Here are the class descriptions for the 6 week course:

“Current” Events
Take a tour on the electron freeway! Investigate conductors, insulators, and other elements in the world of circuit electricity. Build your own circuit with the Technicolor Blender.

Fantastic Fliers
Fly through flight and aerodynamics basics! Discover the four forces that affect flight. Make and test various plane designs to see these forces in action! Build the Sky Hawk foam plane and fling it forward!

Super Structures
Act like junior architects and engineers! Test out shapes for strength. See if a paper column can withstand the Column Collapser apparatus! Construct a structure from scratch with the Bridge Basics kit.

Under Pressure
Join Bernoulli as we take an exciting look at the science behind air pressure. Create a whirlwind with an Airzooka vortex generator, and make pucks and balls levitate with air pressure! Launch foam rockets with the Air Blaster kit.

Wacky Water
Simulate the effects of an ocean oil spill, and develop creative techniques to clean it up! Experiment with density, buoyancy, water and waves, and build your own Rescue Diver to take home. 

Che-mystery
Discover the mystery in chemistry! Explore one of the most exciting and fundamental sciences as you watch water turn into juice and liquids turn into solids. Explore physical and chemical reactions with the Dynamic Dish kit.