Preschool – Kindergarten (30 minutes)
- How Does Your Garden Grow?: Explore how plants grow and develop a green thumb as a new seed life is stared.
- Color Your World: Experiment with prisms and color filters to look at the products of color mixing.
GRADES 1 – 2 (30 minutes)
- Skygazers: Participants will learn about what they see in the night sky, including moon phases. (GLCE: E.ES.01.11)
- Weather Watchers: Participants will learn about what makes weather and about tools to observe & measure weather. (GLCE: E.ES.01.31; E.ES.01.22; E.ES.01.23)
- Creepy Crawlies: Students explore the life-cycle of insects, along the way finding out the unique ways they hear, see, touch, small and taste. (GLCE: L.OL.01.13; L.OL.01.21)
Grades 3 – 5 (45 minutes)
- Sounds All Around: Participants will use rulers, straws and some more advanced equipment to learn about vibrations and sounds. (GLCE: P.EN.03.11; P.EN.03.21;P.EN.03.32)
- Our Place in Space: Students will compare the ‘residents’ of our Solar System and how Earth fits into its neighborhood. (GLCE:E.ST.04.11/.12/.21/.22/.23/.24/.25)
Grades 5 – 8 (50 minutes)
- Making Math Meaningful: Students use their knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages to help them decipher the math mystery. (GLCE:N.MR.05.01/.03/.08/.09/.10/.22)
- Engineering in Nature: Some of the most creative engineers live right in your backyard. Get up close and personal with live specimens and learn all about the amazing structures they build. (Coming Spring 2013)
Grades 6 – 8 (50 minutes)
- Sounds All Around: Participants will use rulers, straws and some more advanced equipment to learn about vibrations and sounds. There will be increased emphasis on different types of waves for older students. (GLCE: P.EN.07.31/.32/.33)
- Kaboomistry: Participants will observe and identify chemical vs. physical changes by conducting tests. Workshop involves demonstrations with fire, please book accordingly. (GLCE: P.CM.07.21/.23)
- Diving Into DNA: Participants will be able to describe what DNA is, where it’s found and how it codes for traits. Activities and demonstrations will reinforce ideas learned about DNA. (GLCE: L.OL.07.22; L.HE.07.21)
HIGH SCHOOL (90 minutes)
Learning through LEGOs
- Discovering Photosynthesis: During the classroom program, students will use LEGO models to help them learn about & discuss photosynthesis, cellular respiration, the reactants needed for each, and the products produced by both. (High School Content Standards Correlations:B3.1A/.1B/.1C/.1D/.1E/.1F)
- The Unknown Chromosome: During the classroom program students will use LEGO models to help them learn about & discuss mitosis/meiosis and the role of chromosomes, along with spindle fibers, centromeres, genes and cell membranes. (High School Content Standards Correlations: B4.1B/.3A/.3D)
- DNA Expose’: During this classroom program students will discuss DNA, mRNA, protein synthesis, genes and the inheritability of traits with the aid of LEGO models. (High School Content Standards Correlations: B4.2A/.2B/.2C/.2D/.2f/.2G)
- Rube Goldberg Engineering Project: In this activity, students will be challenged with a design project that encompasses many aspects of engineering. In smaller groups, students will each take a role in the development of a complex machine that will perform a very simple task.
Group Program Options
It’s Alive in Eekstein’s Lab
30 minute show. Maximum Audience 250.
For Families and Children 6-13
Dr. Eekstein and Igor have a dilemma! They need help from volunteers as they explain different functions of the brain, circulatory system, heart, lungs, and digestive tract in order to give their creature life.
Our Neighborhood in Space
30 minute show. Maximum Audience 250.
For Families and Children 6-13
Earth is our home, the Solar System is our neighborhood and the Milky Way Galaxy is our city. Discover our neighborhood in space as we explore an amazing star and the unique planets in our solar system.
Papa Luigi’s Pizza Predicament
30 minute show. Maximum Audience 250.
For Families and Children 6-10
Papa Luigi has to make 1,000 pizzas and he can’t do it alone! Volunteers will explore decimals, percentages, and fractions while gathering pepperoni, cheese, and pizza toppings to save the day!
STARLAB
30 minute show. Maximum Audience 25 per session with 2 sessions per hour.
The STARLAB is an inflatable, portable planetarium. During each session, our educator will give tours of the current night sky using the STARLAB’s star projector, featuring bright stars, constellations, planets, and the moon.
(NOTE: STARLAB is an indoor planetarium with a requirement of a 25’ x 30’ area, minimum ceiling height of 10’, and a grounded outlet.
Science Make-and-Takes
30 minute session. Maximum 50 students per session. Includes 2 activities.
(NOTE: $15 supply charge for each additional activity and/or additional 30 students; Additional fee for longer sessions.)
Our Make-and-Take activities not only teach, but are fun and give participants a project to bring home. Each activity takes approximately 5-15 minutes. We have a variety of activities on different subjects for all age levels. Make-and-Takes may be combines with our other programs.
For more information on these Classroom Workshop and Group Program options and MORE, please contact Charles Gibson, Outreach Coordinator, at 313-577-8400 x238 or by email at charles.gibson@mi-sci.org