Workshop Topics
What topics do you offer?
Here are some of the Workshops we offer. In many cases, we can offer customized Workshops in order to fulfill specific requirements.
Physical Sciences
SLIPPERY SCIENCE (K-6): Learn about polymers. Make your own Slime to take home and experiment with!
GOOD VIBRATIONS (3-6): Discover the science of sound! Listen to the radio with your teeth!
MAGNIFICENT MAGNETS (K-6): Devise your own cool experiments to test magnetic force!
WHERES THE AIR? (K-2): Explore the concepts of air pressure and buoyancy. Make a marshmallow HUGE!
MATTER OF FACT (K-6): Witness physical and chemical changes. Mix up a batch of Mad Science Putty to take home!
ELECTRICITY (3-6): Discover circuits and conductivity. Create and play an electric game!
TURN UP THE VOLUME (3-6): Discover the concept of displacement and employ it as a method to measure volume.
FUNDAMENTAL FORCES (K-6): Gravity! Inertia! Precession! Experiment with gyroscopes, centrifuges, and more!
UNDER PRESSURE (K-6): Examine air pressure and its uses. Have a floating ping-pong ball race!
MAD SCIENCE MACHINES (K-6): Learn about levers, pulleys, wheels and more! Make your own machine to take home!
WACKY WAVES (K-6): See how density affects buoyancy. Make a cool Wave Modulator to take home!
Scientific Method
INVENTION-ATION (K-6): Through a hands-on approach students will learn that anyone, of any age, can be an inventor!
Earth Sciences
MINERAL MANIA (K-6): Learn how to identify and classify rocks and minerals. Pan for minerals and take them home!
BLACK AND BLUE OCEANS (3-6): Learn about the ocean as an ecosystem. Devise and test clean-up techniques in a mock oil spill.
WACKY WEATHER (3-6): See how weather systems are formed and measured. Make a UV detector to take home!
DINOSAURS (K-2): See how scientists learn about dinosaurs. Make a cast of a dinosaur tooth to take home!
DECOMPOSERS (K-2): Examine the importance of decomposition. Make your own composter, complete with worm!
Space Sciences
SPACE...THE FINAL FRONTIER (K-6): Take an exciting look at our solar system. See a comet made up close!
ROCKET DEMO (K-6): Learn the principles of rocket flight, and then head outside for an actual rocket launch!
ROCKET BUILDING (K-6): Build and decorate your own model rocket to take home! (May require additional materials fee.)
“The 'scientist' that came had a great personality and made each experiment lots of fun. Also, the hands-on stuff was great!” – Girl Scout Troop 138, Chepachet, RI
Life Sciences
SEEKING OUR SENSES (K-2): Explore all five senses and see how they can sometimes be fooled!
ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATIONS (3-6): Learn about the connections between all living things. Help make a mini-ecosystem!
BUGS! (K-6): Learn about insects and dispel some of their myths. Build a bug to take home!
Mad Science can enhance your science program with inquiry-based workshops that meet state and provincial curriculum requirements! Structured as an in-class field trip, a Mad Science workshop is a convenient way to offer students a hands-on science experience without leaving the school. With professional lesson plans, unique equipment and animated instructors, Mad Science workshops offer preschool to sixth grade children truly engaging learning experiences. Dozens of workshop topics are available. 
