Mad Science Workshops
(Hands-on, 60-minute programs exploring a specific theme or topic…adaptable to different age groups)
Optical Illusions
Build your own periscope while learning about optics, reflection and sight. Watch celebrity images change before your very eyes! Seeing is not always believing…
Mineral Mania
Discover Planet Earth! Peek beneath its crust, and uncover what it’s made of! Recreate the process of rock formation and learn how scientists classify and identify rocks and minerals. Experience the thrill of panning for gems that you get to take home and keep!
Lights…..Color….Action
Uncover the hidden components in ordinary light and build a Newton color wheel to prove it. Attend a spectacular chemical energy display!
Slime
Explore the exciting world of polymers, and the chemical reactions we use to create them. Transform two regular liquids into an oozing batch of your very own slime…..
Sonic Sounds
Discover sound, sound waves and the way household items can be used to create movie effects. Use our multi-effects processor to make a cassette tape of your altered voice, with lots of cool special effects…..
Tantalizing Taste
Experiment with taste sensations while “mapping” out your tongue. Use lifesaver testing to compare your sense of smell and taste. Create your own gumdrop jelly treat.
Harnessing Heat
Children play-act the role of atoms and molecules as they learn about heat and heat transfer. Witness a tea bag rocket launch, a gravity defying candle-lighting, and end with a taste bud pleasing demo of heat at work as we transform solid sugar crystal into the spun floss of cotton candy!
Dinosaurs (grades K-2 only)
Let’s become Paleontologists and learn all about excavating and recovering fossils. We’ll discover all about Dinosaurs, what they were, what they ate, and where they went. Examine some really old fossils and making some new ones of your own!
Watts Up
Learn about electricity, its properties and its role in natural phenomena. Make indoor thunder and lightening while conducting hair-raising experiments with our electro-static generator.
Magnetic Magic
Investigate the powers and daily uses of magnets. Test for our electro-magnetic fields and then use what you have learned to build your own electro-magnet.
Laser Light
Learn about light, colors, holograms and special effects. Use a real laser to create illusions and design a light show.
Matter of Fact
Investigate the ingredients of the universe! Build your own marshmallow molecules! Play Alchemist by turning a nickel into gold “well almost” and use our secret formula to make your own silly putty!
Dry Ice
Explore the 3 states of matter. Turn water to ice in 30 seconds, build a giant bubbling potion, carbonate plain drinking water and create the same awesome smoke illusions used in the movies.
Rocket Demo
Discover the dynamics of rocket flight. Touch and feel our scale rockets while learning HOW and WHY they fly. Take part in a NASA style launching of model rockets that soar into the air and then return to earth by parachute.
Acids & Bases
Uncover the secrets of chemistry and the effects acids and bases have on our daily lives. Use pH paper to test solutions and determine if they are an acid or a base. Make a penny shine; use a chemical reaction to make mini “poppers”.
Black & Blue Oceans (grades 3-6 only)
Wade through water pollution. Learn about acid rain, oil spills and how these types of pollution directly affect animals.
Under Pressure
Join Bernoulli and Newton as we take this exciting look at the science behind aerodynamics and the properties of air… under pressure. Use a vortex generator to create air pockets with a punch, and levitate ping-pong balls in defiance of gravity.
Che-mystery
Eliminate the mystery in chemistry! Explore one of the most exciting and fundamental sciences as you grow a crazy crystal garden and make your own “chemical” soda pop!
‘Current’ Events
Take a tour on the electron freeway! Conductors, insulators, transistors, and other elements in the world of circuit electricity introduce themselves to you via the tingle in your fingertips and the twinkle in your eye…
Fun-damental Forces
Gravity…Inertia…Centripetal force… who could ever imagine that an introduction to physics could be so much fun? We’ll experience these awesome forces for ourselves and build some cool devices to watch them at work!
Science of Magic
Magic? No… it’s science! You’ll learn the secrets behind famous magic that you can recreate for yourself! Mother Nature has some tricks of her own, and we’d like to show you what’s up her sleeve!
Stunt Planes & Gliders
The Wright Brothers would be proud as we follow in their footsteps and learn the fundamental principles of flight. Build a ‘football’ glider, control surfaces and your very own loop-flying stunt plane. You’ll be a Top Gun after this class!
Super Structures
Discover the strengths of triangles, cylinder and arches. Learn how combinations of these shapes make for sturdy homes and skyscrapers! Use teamwork to build your own super structures as well as an earthquake-proof building!
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