3-2-1 BLAST OFF! (Exploring Propulsion and Gravity)

Ages 4-5, 45 minute workshop
25 students maximum

Come along with us for an exciting adventure to outer space! Using a rich scientific vocabulary, your class will design, build, and launch their rockets! With recycled materials, water, and compressed air we will master the science of soda bottle rocketry and participate in an engaging, thought-provoking experience.
Requires an outside location of at least 50 ft. x 100 ft.  

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Bubble-ology  

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Let’s get popping! Explore the scientific thinking process using bubbles. These are crucial steps in preparing them for their life-long learning career. Children will observe the attributes and actions of bubbles, create their own scientifically engineered bubble wands, and experiment with bubble solutions that they get to take home.
Requires access to a sink.

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Chromatics: The Science of Color 

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Soothing atmosphere blue. Vibrant sunshine yellow. Rich crimson. Your class will explore the primary and secondary hues in this ‘colorful’ preschool experience. They will acquire rich adjectives to describe colors, invent and name their own color of paint, understand the colors in our everyday world, and explore how the human eye perceives them.

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Dino-mite!

Ages 4-5, 45 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Explore the fun world of dinosaur discovery as your preschool class transforms into paleontologists. Children will join the excavation as we learn about dinosaurs. We will explore fossils, examine dinosaur eggs, and construct dinosaur models. Learn how dinosaurs lived and what they ate for dinner by putting together these puzzle pieces from the past!

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Freeze: The Science behind Crafting Ice Cream 

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Using mathematics, students will become fully immersed in the interesting process through which ice cream is crafted. They will invent their own flavors, mix ingredients, use a scientific freezing process, and explore the textures and tastes of their new design. Science is just as tasty as it is educational!

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Germs & Book Worms: The Guide to Proper Hand-Washing

Ages 3-5, 45 minute workshop
25 students maximum

How important is it to exhibit proper hygiene? Children will meet Betsy Bookworm and listen to the tale of how she got a nasty case of worm germ. We will look at germs on our hands under special scientific lights, play the germ fighter game, study with microscopes, and practice washing our hands the preventative way.
Requires access to sinks

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Natural Explorers 

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Imagine a world where every human being respects and values the environment around them. Your children will interact with and find a new appreciation for nature as they categorize materials based on their attributes, observe and vocalize what makes these objects unique, and create a natural material masterpiece to take home. Saving the planet can start today with your class as advocates for the environment!

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“Más Tortillas, Por Favor” A Multi-Cultural Experience

Ages 4-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Implementing both Spanish and English scientific vocabulary, this program inspires your class with new bilingual cooking ideas. They will learn to accurately measure ingredients and describe their actions using Spanish words. Children will flatten their own tortillas and exercise their gross motor functions in a game called “Tortilla Toss” before experiencing the textures and flavors of their multi-cultural creation.  
Requires access to an electric wall outlet and water source

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 P.L.A.Y. (Properties of Light Acquisition, for Youngsters)

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Introduce your preschool class to the fascinating characteristics of light and shadow. We will discover their properties using overhead light projectors. We will also compare and contrast the properties of translucent, transparent, and opaque materials. Your class will participate in a literacy-rich shadow theatre and gain a unique perspective through kaleidoscopes that they get to take home.  
Requires access to an electric wall outlet

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Please Don’t Stop the Music

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Performing Arts are being cut in elementary schools, but early childhood educators know that music and movement is a very important part of a preschooler’s developing body. Children will work with many diverse instruments and learn how to create a beat and rhythm using unique supplies. Children will learn how to describe their feelings about the tunes which supports healthy social-emotional growth. Please, don’t stop the music!
Requires access to an electric wall outlet

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Twisted! (The Science behind Making Pretzels)

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Imagine that delectable fragrance of warm baking dough, savory melted butter, and sweet tantalizing cinnamon that wafts from the pretzel kiosk in the mall. Children will captivate their senses as they engage their ears in a story about a baker, maneuver their sense of touch in measuring liquids and solids, and use their sight to observe the effects of heat on their dough. Children will shape their own pretzels and use their sense of taste to enjoy them!
Requires access to an on-site oven or other convection equipment and water source

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We’ve Lost Our Marbles: Physics in Action

Ages 3-5, 60 minute workshop
30 students maximum

Your class will explore the scientific relationship between gravity, force and motion in these hands-on physics experiments. Children will practice architectural work by designing and building a ramp using science materials. They will create theories about movement, test them in action, examine the effects of force, and create their own marbles to take home!

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