About our Programs

 

Mad Science programs spark imaginative learning when school is out! These hands-on, one-hour classes cover the full range of earth, life and physical science disciplines. Children engage in exciting hands-on activities, watch spectacular demonstrations, participate in inquiry-based discussions and take home things that they have made themselves like model rockets, periscopes, Mad Science putty and more. Mad Science after-school programs offer children a chance to see just how cool science can be!

Current After-School Programs
Mad Science Program Policies


Mad Science After-School Programs

  • are hands-on and inquiry-based
  • meet national, state and provincial science curriculum standards
  • are led by trained, qualified and dynamic instructors
  • follow professional lesson plans
  • use unique equipment and original materials
  • are age-appropriate and loved by children
  • offer schools and centers great value
  • are easy to plan and hassle-free to run

EMAIL us at asp@madsciencesacto.com to get information about starting an after school program at your school!


Our Full Selection of After-School Programs

Zaps, Booms & Shocking Sights!

ZZzZZzzAAzaaPPpP! Poowww! Kaboooom! Watch out junior scientists, these classes will be a blast! Join us for a hair-raising good time! (Literally!) Children will harness heat energy and explore the properties of sound. Your Mad Scientists will experiment with magnets, examine curious optical illusions and witness an out-of-this-world demonstration of static electricity!

  • Harnessing Heat
  • Magnetic Magic
  • Optical Illusions
  • Sonic Sounds
  • Watts-Up
  • Lights, Color, Action (6wk)
  • Mission Nutrition (7wk)
  • Tantalizing Taste (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

Forces, Fizzing
& Flight!

Through these exciting and fascinating classes, students will play engineer, chemist and stunt pilot! Your Mad Scientists will be shocked by what they learn about electricity, be blown away by their experiments with air pressure, and swept away by the excitement of working with water waves!

  • "Current" Events
  • Funtastic Flyers
  • Super Structures
  • Under Pressure
  • Wacky Water
  • Che-mystery (6wk)
  • Fundamental Forces (7wk)
  • Science of Magic (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

Earth, Machines & Movie Mania!

Jump on board for a hands-on exploration and uncover the vital role that science plays in everyday life. Your Mad Scientists will explore cool science topics like Earth Science, weather phenomena, and even get to experiment with some kitchen chemistry, learning the science behind everyday items in the kitchen!

  • Detective Science
  • Kitchen Chemistry
  • Mad Science Machines
  • Movie Effects
  • Walloping Weather
  • Earthworks (6wk)
  • Science of Toys (7wk)
  • Bugs! (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

Wacky Wonders

Your children will get to learn about all things awesome! Using Newton's color wheel, students will observe and create white light! They will also learn how to make thier favorite soft drink and be dazzled by a little "magic" in our Science of Magic class.

  • Science of Toys
  • Fundamental Forces
  • The Science of Magic
  • Junior Reactors
  • Tantalizing Taste
  • Glow Show (6wk)
  • Bugs! (7wk) 
  • Mission Nutrition (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

NASA: Academy of Future Space Explorers

Mad Science and NASA have teamed up to bring you the excitement and wonder of space in the NASA Academy of Future Space Explorers After-School Program! Developed in cooperation with NASA, the Academy of Future Space Explorers takes children on a voyage of discovery. With unique hands-on activities, amazing demonstrations and fun educational take-homes, this is an experience that is truly out of this world!

  • Living in Space
  • Atmosphere and Beyond
  • Planets and Moons
  • Rocket Science
  • Space Travel
  • Space Technology (6wk) 
  • Sun and Stars (7wk)
  • Space Phenomena (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

Crazy Chemworks

Shake up a flask of fun in the lab as a junior chemist! These six days of chemistry are packed solid with cool reactions. Put on some goggles and change liquid to solid and back again! In these hands-on courses, children will get to handle laboratory tools, build and break molecules, and pick up some tricks on chemical changes.

  • pH Factor 
  • Slime Time
  • Dry Ice Capades
  • Icky Sticky Stuff
  • Chem-in-a-Flash
  • Lab Works (6wk) 
  • Glow Show (7wk)
  • Jr. Reactors (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

Critters, 
Contraptions
& Kinetics

Children will discover the wonderful world of animals— above and below water! Your Mad Scientist will feel the force of energy, the pull of gravity, and the might of motion in exciting physics explorations. They will also take a creative look at the world of art through a scientist's eyes, and experiment with robots and robotics, building a robot's hand that they can take home!

  • Energy Burst
  • All About Animals
  • Life in the Sea 
  • Radical Robots
  • Moving Motion
  • Mix it Up (6wk)
  • Get Connected (7wk)
  • Super Power Sources (8wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE 

Watts the Matter?

In this 6-week hands-on science program, your child will explore the states of matter and be amazed by sound vibrations, bugs and ewww, garbage! These electrifying, hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations will help prove that there is indeed science all around us!

  • Matter of Fact
  • Dry Ice
  • Good Vibrations
  • Electricity
  • Bugs!
  • Dirt on Garbage (6wk)

Read Class Descriptions HERE

 
 
 
Mad Science Laboratory
1808 Tribute Road Suite E
Sacramento, CA 95815