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Sparking Imaginative Learning
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Nine weeks of exciting hands-on science based activities. Watch fascinating demonstrations, join in inquiry-based discussions, participate in individual and group experiments, and make amazing take-homes. Mad Science will spark the curiosity and imagination of children with fun science activities that will help them understand the science around them.
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HARNESSING HEAT
Take-on temperature. Build a thermometer and heat things up with friction. Feel how hot and cold can change at a touch. LIGHTS … COLOR … ACTION Catch some cool colors. Make a rainbow out of white light. Split your name with ink and reveal numbers with color filters. MAGNETIC MAGIC Explore the power of magnets. Create electromagnets and control a compass needle. See a magnetic accelerator in action. MISSION: NUTRITION Step into some healthy habits. Put together a food pie and lay out a perfectly proportioned meal. Burn calories and shake up an emulsion. SLIME TIME Ooze into a gooey hour of sliming around! Create slime and then enter the Slime Olympics! |
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Work against your eyes. Trick your brain with lines and coils. Discover how mirrors and their reflections can play tricks on what you see. SONIC SOUNDS Uncover the source of sound. Tap into sound waves and fill your ears with vibrations. Discover the way household items can be used to create amazing movie effects! TANTALIZING TASTE Use your sense of taste. Magnify your taste buds and unplug your nose. Find your favourite flavor and try a carbonated taste test. WATTS-UP Charge up on static electricity. Make indoor lightning and conduct hair-raising experiments with an electro-static generator. |
Location: Multipurpose Room
Grades: 1-5
Dates: Mondays Sept 26 - Dec 5 (No session Oct 10, Nov 14 - 9 sessions)
Time: 2:55-3:55pm
Cost: $172
Grades: 1-5
Dates: Mondays Sept 26 - Dec 5 (No session Oct 10, Nov 14 - 9 sessions)
Time: 2:55-3:55pm
Cost: $172
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