Program set-up: We will require a room with a table for live animals, lab equipment and or art supply for all students. Prefer indoors with a sink. Electricity outlet maybe required for some programs.
- 20 minutes
- 45 minutes
Bird Brains
What is a Bird? Find out in this fun, feathery class! Examine and classify bird eggs! Get hand building clay skills by creating your own bird nest! Advanced classes can dissect an owl pellet! Color sorting art projects for early learners can be included.
Paleo Adventures
Examine authentic fossils! Excavate your own ammonite or shark tooth fossil! Future paleontologists will create Jurassic fossil art to take home with them.
Hatchlings
Who is peeking out from that egg? Find out which animals comes from an egg! From feathers to fins and scales! Examine the largest to the smallest egg! Lifecycle of the chick project is included. Meet a live friendly egg laying reptile!
Cactus Hotel
Listen and learn about environmental science accompanied by live southwest insects! Discover the amazing diversity of the Sonoran desert and the importance of the Saguaro cactus. Create and hand build a clay cactus in clay to keep.
Under the Sea
Dive right into marine science and why these coral reefs are vital to our planet! Build your own coral reef or create your own ocean food chain! Dispel the fears about sharks and how their predatory practices prevail! Scientists can paint their own shark tooth!
The Senses
A yummy class on the taste buds! Many flavors can be experienced! (No nuts). Want more class time or different theme? Play a sensory tactile game with shapes and textures! Perfect for the young scientist.
She Shells Science
Discover the mystery of mollusks! Uncover the beauty of Florida shells and learn how to identify them. Advanced classes will get a chemistry component of Conch cleaning, early learners will paint their own Marcel the Shell!
Glowing & the Radium Girls
A unique program on the environmental history of the radium girls! Following the history lesson, glowing experiments can include glowing beads bracelets, glowing slime, or painting with glowing pigments. A portion of this program needs to be done in a dark room.
Potions Class
Foundational, hands on chemistry fun! Choose from bubbling little potions, exciting chemistry rockets, fun faux snow or classic polymer slime!
Rock Hound
Search for your own gems and minerals to keep! Conduct magnetic and streaking tests on all your findings! Make a gem necklace from your favorite mineral! Sample some real rock candy!
Stellar Systems
Journey through the lifecycle of the star! Discover how stars are grouped together by constructing a constellation. Glowing fun in this astronomy class! A portion of this program needs to be done in a dark room.
Sunshine & Rainbows
Solar power wow! Experiment with solar slime and make unique pictures on sun print paper! Test your sunblock on solar beads and then make a bracelet! Want more class time? Discover how rainbows are created and craft a rainbow to take home! A portion of this class must be done outdoors.
