All programs are coordinated with state science standards.
All programs involve hands-on experiments.
All programs ask the audience members to think through the subject themselves.
(Custom programs available on request)
Everybody is a scientist!
We talk about everyday situations and how we are being scientists when we figure out what's happening.
A fun way to learn what science is and how to think like a scientist.
This is the most important lesson that EVERYONE should learn.
Time: 45 min to 2 hours; 1 or 2 classes
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or large groups
Where Does the Energy Go?
Everything we see happening around us involves energy changing from one form to another, but no energy is ever lost!
This interactive hands-on lecture is about where all this energy around us comes from, how it changes and where it ends up.
Time: 30 min to 2 hours; 1 or 2 classes
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or large groups
Classifying Life on Earth
How do scientists arrange and describe all the many many kinds of life on Earth?
We follow in the footsteps of Carl Linnaeus when he created our classifying system.
Time: 30 min to 1 hour;
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or large groups
What is Happening to Planet Earth?
We hear a lot about food shortages, water shortages, the health of the oceans, renewable energy and climate change.
In this interactive lecture, we will take a broad look at these very complex problems and discovery
some of the important trends in what we are doing to our (only) planet.
Time: 20 min to 1 hour
Ages: 8 - 13 or adult
Small or medium groups
What the Heck is Electricity, Anyway?
Electricity is all around us, doing wonderful things. But it's invisible and mysterious. An interactive, hands-on lecture that
shows how electricity behaves and why.
Time: 45 min to 3 classes
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or medium groups
Does it Float?
Some things float and some don't. Not all heavy things sink. We will do experiments to understand why.
Time: 20 min to 45 min
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or medium groups
Stretching, Bending and Breaking
Some things bend and spring back, some things break. We will do experiments to find out how you make something strong.
This is a good preparation for an Egg Drop competition.
Time: 30 min to 45 min
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or medium groups
Science Fair!
Doing a Science Fair project is the best way for kids to REALLY understand scientific thinking. In 3 classes over a 6 week period, we
(1) Introduce what a Science Fair is,
(2) Check the progress on the kids projects, and
(3) Conduct a class science fair, including the kids explaining what they did.
Especially appropriate for private and homeschool groups.
Time: 3 classes over a 6 week period, usually in the spring
Ages: 6 to 13
Small or medium groups
Does This Medicine Really Work?
How can you be sure that a medicine really does you some good? In this interactive lecture we test a new medicine against a new disease,
and PROVE whether or not it actually cures the disease.
Time: 15 min to 1 hour
Ages: 13 to adult
Small or medium groups
How Would You Build A Space Shuttle?
An interactive, hands-on lecture designed to give students a first hand understanding of what it takes
to build a space craft and what happened during Space Shuttle Columbia's tragic final entry.
Time: 30 min to 1 hour
Ages: 8 to adult
Small or medium groups
The Grand Challenge
An interactive presentation in which the students discover what is required to design a robot car that can drive all by itself across the Mojave Desert.
Includes a tour of Rascal, the car that we built that actually did it.
Time: 45 min to 1 hour
Ages: 7 to adult
Small or large groups
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