 |  |  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.
 Upcoming Workshops
City of Peoria Rio Vista Rec Center
Red Hot Robots
Saturday, January 23, 2010
1 PM to 4 PM
Learn how the magic of technology and robots are used to make our lives easier. You'll experiment with robots that can do extraordinary tasks such as infrared-guided robots, robotic arms, and even soccer-playing robots! Build your very own robotic 'hand' to take home in this 3-hour workshop.
Revved Up Race Cars
Saturday, February 20, 2010
1 PM to 4 PM
Beginning with the photons emitted from the sun become familiar with an alternate energy source - solar power. Explore energy conversion by using solar cells to collect the photons, semiconductors to convert them into electrical energy and motors to produce mechanical energy to drive gears and wheels. All of this would seem like work if you were not building a cool race car. In Revved Up Race Cars, experience each step of the process and assemble your own car, preparing for the big race at the end of the day.
Register through the City of Peoria RecConnect site HERE
Additional Classes in Spring
An afternoon of Hair Raising Science
Take a tour on the electron freeway! Conductors, insulators, 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... Make indoor lightning while conducting hair-raising experiments with our electro-static generator… Discover sound, sound waves. Use our multi-effects processor to make a cassette tape of your altered voice, with lots of cool special effects…
Crazy Chemworks
Ooze into a gooey hour of sliming around! Create slime using the Mad Science recipe, and then enter the Slime Olympics! Take home your own concoction of Mad Science Slime! Stick it to the walls, and push the power of tape to the limits in this adhesive hour on things that cling! Build a bond with glue and get attached to Professor Beaker-dude! Slide down the colorful pH scale and dip into the world of acids and bases! Explore the pH extremes with your Reaction Tube in what is sure-to-be a popping experience! Discover whether liquids found in your home are acids or bases using your personal pH Paper!
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