STEM Odyssey
Weekly Topics!
Harnessing Heat
Children learn about the concepts of heat and heat transfer. The instructor uses various tools like a heat gun and thawing blocks \nto demonstrate how we use temperature-sensitive equipment in our everyday lives.
Lights, Color, Action..
Children observe demonstrations that blend colors to produce white light, and others that separate white light into colors. Children build Technicolor Blenders to demonstrate Newton’s color wheel at home.
Magnetic Magic
This class provides the basic physical principles governing magnetism. Children use \ncompasses to gain a better understanding of how humans benefit from the Earth’s magnetic force.
Mission: Nutrition
This class focuses on nutrition and fitness including the essential components of a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Optical Illusions
This class uses engaging demonstrations and activities to introduce children to the concepts of refraction, the science of optics, and the \nbiology associated with sight.
Sonic Sounds
Children listen to sounds made with solid \nmaterials—from plastic to metal to string. Engaging sound experiments and live demonstrations show the properties and transmission of sound waves.
Smelly Science
Children are introduced to the sense of taste and smell. Children bring home the Taste Test Kit – a kit they can use to challenge their friends to a blind smell test.
Watts-Up
Children discover an electric charge’s basic \nproperties and the world of static electricity. They will see sparks fly from an electrostatic machine, the Van de Graaff generator.