Engineering,
Homeschool,
Math,
STEAM,
Science
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DISCOVER STEM LABS
Mondays, January 27-May 5 (no class Feb 17, Mar 3, Apr 7; 12 weeks)
9:30am-10:45am
Ages 6-8
In this course, students will experiment with new topics every week from building simple circuits to finding math in nature and conducting engineering challenges to making art from science. All lab costs are included in the registration fee.
Instructor: Jessica Barnes, BSc
Location: Science Center (suite 5)
Full semester - $220 OR $20/lab (plus $0.99 AH fee)
10% off sibling discount
Register for full semester or individual labs.
LAB SCHEDULE:
CIRCUIT SCIENCE - Monday, January 27
Students learn the basics of circuits and electricity as they create their own paper circuits with copper tape and LED lights.
FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS - Monday, February 3
This week we study the biology of fingerprints as we examine our own fingerprints patterns and practice powder and chemical methods of recovering fingerprint evidence.
SECRET BINARY CODES - Monday, February 10
This week we learn how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems and practice deciphering codes and puzzles.
MONET’S WATER LILLIES - Monday, February 24
This week, students discover how different species of water lilies inspired one of history's most famous artists and conduct an experiment to make these aquatic flowers bloom before their eyes.
AIRPLANE PHYSICS - Monday, March 10
Students learn about forces and motion as we create awesome paper airplanes, and experiment to see how different designs effect a planes aerodynamics.
MAGIC AND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS - Monday, March 14
Students investigate how science is the secret to real magic tricks and optical illusions as they learn about their brain eyes and try out some simple tricks of their own.
LEGO STEM CHALLENGE - Monday, March 24
Students work through the engineering design process as they conduct engineering challenges that help people and solve real life problems.
WATERCOLOR AGATE - Monday, March 31
This week, students explore how colorful agates are formed and use chemistry and creativity to make their own paper agates to take home.
BOAT DESIGN - Monday, April 14
Students test Archimedes’ Principle as they are challenged to create different types of boats that float, and experiment to see how much weight different designs can hold.
SYMMETRY IN NATURE- Monday, April 21
This week, students discover all of the surprising places bilateral and radial symmetry occur in nature as the create their own scientific illustrations.
RUBE GOLDBERG CONTRAPTIONS- Monday, April 28
Students increase their understanding of motion and forces this week as they use their imaginations and variety of materials to build different Rube Goldberg contraptions.
BEE HOTELS - Monday, May 5 Students learn about the importance of bees and other pollinators, investigate differences between solitary and colonial bees, and build a bee hotel for our pollinating insects.
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Thank you so for letting us teach your son at camp, I'm glad he had a blast!
I'm so glad that your kid had a blast! I understand that the 8:30 start time can be difficult to navigate, and we are sorry for the inconvenience.