After School Program Descriptions

 

  

CRAZY CHEMWORKS

LAB WORKS

Use your hands as a real Mad Scientist in this whirlwind class on how a lab works! Learn to manipulate laboratory equipment at your personal lab bench, and take home your very own Graduated Gear to continue your research!

JUNIOR REACTORS

Create a tiny world of atoms with your very own set of Atomic Coins! Learn to recognize chemical reactions and mix up a few reactive ingredients for some sensational results!

pH pHACTOR

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!

SLIME TIME

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!

CHEM IN A FLASH

Hop on board the chemistry express for a high-speed science experience! Perform instantaneous experiments in this fast-paced class on split-second reactions that go like mad! Pick up an Action Flask and have a blast !

THE GLOW SHOW

Discover amazing things that glow bright in the dark and come to light! Probe the properties of light and explore some unusual applications of glow-in-the-dark technology! Use your Blacklight Writer to make secret messages that only you can see!

SUPER STICKY STUFF

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 Beakerdude! 

DRY ICE CAPADES

Manipulate matter in all of its three states! Melt metal in boiling water and freeze water with just a breath of dry ice! Use your Thermocolor Cup to test the temperature of liquid matter in your home!

 

SYSTEM 2

WATTS-UP

Learn about static electricity, its properties and its role in natural phenomena. Make indoor lightning while conducting hair-raising experiments with our electro-static generator.

MAGNETIC MAGIC

Investigate the powers and daily uses of magnets. Test for electromagnetic fields and then use what you have learned to build your own compass.

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

LIGHTS, COLOR, ACTION!

Uncover the hidden components in ordinary light and build your own Newton's color wheel to prove it. Attend a spectacular chemical energy display!

MATTER

Discover alchemy by turning a nickel into gold (well, almost).  To finish up, children are introduced to the basics of polymers and get to make their very own polymer putty to take home!  

SONIC SOUNDS

Discover sound, sound waves and the way household items can be used to create amazing movie effects. Make a symphony of sound while building your own kazoo.

TANTALIZING TASTE

Experiment with taste sensations while "mapping" out your tongue. Use Life Saver testing to compare your sense of smell and taste. Carbonate and taste your very own soda pop and take the "Mad Science" taste challenge

HARNESSING HEAT

Fast moving molecules are the main attraction in this exploration of energy and heat. Children will see Boyle’s law in action, as we show how air behaves when heated or cooled, and will also learn the role heat plays in phase changes. To wrap it all up, the children will build their own working thermometer and practice testing relative temperature.

 

SYSTEM 3

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 Centrifugal 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!

STUNT PLANES & GLIDERS

This class is a wonderful mix of conceptual and hands-on learning, which will introduce your students to the basics of aerodynamics. Kids will learn about the forces that affect flying machines, and will build a football glider, a Delta Dart and even a loop-flying stunt plane.

SCIENCE OF MAGIC

Magic? No it's science! You'll learn the secrets behind famous magic that you can recreate for yourself! Discover how water can disappear right before your eyes; Harry Houdini would be amazing!

SUPER STRUCTURES

Discover the strengths of triangles, cylinders 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!

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!

WACKY WAVES

Create your own multidensity wave bottles while learning about water, waves and the environment. Simulate the effects of an ocean oil spill and develop creative techniques to clean it up!

 

SYSTEM 4

DETECTIVE SCIENCE

Discover how science is used to solve real crimes! Watch as the classroom is transformed into a crime lab for this exciting exploration of the fundamentals of forensics. Children will even take home their very own Child Identification Kit. It's so much fun, it's criminal!

KITCHEN CHEMISTRY

Cooking is all about chemistry! Students will be introduced to the virtual laboratory we call a kitchen in a novel and practical application of science! Dinnertime will never be the same!

SCIENCE OF TOYS

Did you know that some of your favorite toys work using basic science principles? Use bouncing balls, yo-yos and other classic toys to discover the science of motion through fun hands-on activities. Find out how vector toys and string things work and how fun they can be! It's kinetic!

BUGS

Students will get an opportunity to explore the world's most abundant animals. How do insects defend themselves? What is their role in the ecosystem? These questions and more will be answered with fun, hands-on activities that will introduce them to these fascinating creatures that are found everywhere! Students will get to see a bug's point of view.

MAD SCIENCE MACHINES

Peek into a class to watch elementary-age engineers hard at work with pulleys and levers. They will design, problem-solve, and have a whole lot of fun! Students will even take home a cool Mad Science Machine that they build themselves!

MOVIE EFFECTS

Grab your popcorn but don't sit backwe're going to learn first-hand how advances in science and technology make our favorite special effects possible! It's Einstein meets Spielberg in a class of 321action!

WALLOPING WEATHER

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will prevent us from enjoying our hands-on exploration of the science of meteorology! Discover how hurricanes, tornadoes and thunderstorms form, and how powerful they can be! 

EARTHWORKS

Take a voyage to the center of the Earth! We'll investigate the powerful process that shapes our planet and forms remarkable rocks, magnificent minerals, and glittering gems! Children will take home Ultraviolet Detectors which they build themselves!