Newton's Toy Box (Physics)

Why is the acceleration of an object inversely proportional to its mass?  Investigate state of rest, uniform velocity and external forces.  Delve into the effects of gravity, friction and momentum on objects.  Do forces really occur in pairs?

Spills and Ripples (Physics and Chemistry)

What do water spill, river water running into the ocean, salad dressing and underwater volcano have in common?  Delve into the innovative elegance of fluid instability.  Investigate the effects of surface tension on water/air interfaces.  Find out what a vortex ring really is.  We’re going to pick your brain about rain!

Reaction Rallies (Chemistry)

Did you know that there are a handful of chemical reactions that are reversible?  Delve into thermal decomposition and polymerization.  Who’s getting displaced in metallic reactions?  Create your favorite perfume and nylon fabric.  Can you form a new substance?

Osmosis, Tropism and Photosynthesis (Life Science)

Did you know that the process of osmosis helped build the Egyptian pyramids?  Exert pressure on cells to cause tension and rigidity.  Experiment with one-sided lighting and gravity on “decapitated” cress seedlings.  The power of plants!

Roller Coasters and Catapults (Physics)

What are balanced, unbalanced and counterbalanced forces?  Construct a catapult and run controlled tests of variables, which influence the flight of an object.  Design a death-defying roller coaster that twirls and hurls. Test kinetic straws and play war games.  Delicate or destructive, it’s nature’s forces at work!

Creepy Crawly (Life Science)

Did you know that the earthworm is so successful in its adaptation that it has been around for millions of years?  Understand pulse-rate, adaptations, effects of temperatures and circulatory systems.  Appreciate earthworms as one of Earth’s best recycling factory!

Mechanical Engineering (Physics)

Did you know that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can only be changed from one form to another? Explore mechanical advantages and the most valuable place.  Fiddle with fulcrums to make lifting weight effort-less.  Stop “meshing” around with the gear trains!

Electric Workshop (Physics)

Did you know that electricity is not just something you buy in a battery but is one of the basic ingredients of the universe?  Probe into dry batteries, liquid batteries, and plasma globes.  Explore the world of chemical and electrical energy.  It’s only in the flow of electrons.

Biological Biosphere (Life Science and Human Biology)

Did you know that snot and vomit help to protect the body from infection?  Learn how infectious disease can spread and cause an epidemic.  Investigate how temperature affects the growth of microbes.  Virus versus bacteria, what’s the difference?

Achilles' Heel (Physics)

Why is the base of a structure so important?  Test structures for strength and stability and identify the strongest and most stable joint.  Can you construct a structure that is wider at its top but can withstand the impact force from a free-wheeling vehicle?  It’s not the Iliad, it’s the real science!

Motions of the Ocean (Earth Science)

Did you know that half the oxygen we breathe comes from plantlike organisms in the ocean?  Learn about tides and the effects of Moon's gravitational pull on Earth and its oceans.  Can you calculate the complexity of currents?

Out of This World (Space Science)

Become an astronomer to investigate the Earth’s orientation in space.  Turn into a Gnomon to construct a sundial.  Investigate moon phases, exquisite eclipses and tidal motions.  Join us at the astronomer’s laboratory.  Don’t let too many people know this – it’s really the sky!

Manic Machines (Physics)

Construct machines that changed the World!  Examine different blade designs of wind generators.  Build the Faraday Motor and create a siphon that can control the automatic emptying of water inside a container.  Can you harness the explosive power of alcohol for a launch?

Test Tube Fiesta (Chemistry)

What is the difference between a solution and a suspension?  Are you surprised to learn that gas molecules can bounce off walls?  How do we transfer electrons from one atom to another?  Delve into matter – the stuff that everything but dreams is made of!