| | | | Dinosaur Hunt | | Audience:Students, Grades K - 2 | | Description: Have a close encounter with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Explore, touch and learn with real fossils from the Field Museum. Create your own prehistoric landscape. Learn about the new finds in dinosaurs big and small. | | Fee: | $22/person | | Session 1: | June 9, 2012, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Wondering Why? | | Audience:Students, Grades K - 2 | | Description: Can you put your hand into water without it getting wet? What is quicksand and why does it behave as it does? These are just a few of the fun, funky and creative experiments you'll investigate during "Wondering Why?" | | Fee: | $100/per person | | Session 1: | July 16-19, 2012, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Club Invention - Primary Students | | Audience:Students, Grades 1 - 3 | Description: Students participate in all three activities.
Bolder Builders
Children join engineer, architect and builder Archie Tek in the restoration of a town called Unlucky. Children create and test various structures for strength and stability. Children must design and create shelters for the townspeople that are strong enough to withstand the elements of nature. Children are charged with reconstruction and determining the strength of beam, arch and suspension bridges by building and testing prototypes. Lastly, Archie and the children turn to the animal word for inspiration on building sturdier structures. Children build various animal habitats, including a spider web, burrowing animal tunnel and bird's nest.
Castles, Catapults and Coats of Arms
This module weaves medieval history, basic scientific principles and hands-on creativity through the challenges presented every session. While assuming the roles of lords, knights, craftspeople and serfs, children work in cooperative groups to complete each task. The concept of center of gravity is explored when groups try to build the tallest tower. Children explore the concept of buoyancy by building boats that float while carrying weight to cross a castle moat. Groups build a weight-bearing drawbridge and design and build catapults that launch a ball at a target after experimenting with levers.
E.Z. Science
The dedicated yet absent-minded manager of the E.Z. Science Journal has enlisted the help of children in the Club Invention program. Children must conduct experiments–such as measuring time with a time glass and inflating balloons with carbon dioxide–to help E.Z. Science. Next, children complete the magazine's advice column by solving a knot puzzle, protecting eggs from a 3-foot drop and creating a game with instructions. Children then create mazes leading to the magazine's distribution centers and restore order at the E.Z. Science Journal by providing inventive science and mathematical solutions to everyday problems.
Please fill out and send in the Club Invention application. If you cannot access it or need help in registering for Club Invention, email edreg@fnal.gov or call 630-840-8259 for a Club Invention application. You must also fill out a Permission Form and bring it to class the first day. | | Fee: | $210/person | | Session 1: | June 25-29, 2012, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM, Full | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | It's a Frog's Life | | Audience:Students, Grades 1 - 2 | | Description: Hop on in to explore a frog's life! Being green is not easy but you can discover how frogs survive in their habitat, how they get around and even determine how far they can leap. Visit Frog Cafe and learn about a frog's daily insect menu. We'll hop on over to the pond and become a frog for the day! Keep your own Froggy Journal that helps connect you with the life of these slimy but lovable creatures! | | Fee: | $50/per person | | Session 1: | July 30-31, 2012, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Traveling the Universe: Get on Board! | | Audience:Students, Grades 1 - 3 | | Description: Take a trip to outer space. Learn why the sun is important and where it goes at night! Make a sundial and lawn solar system. Use real science instruments to see more clearly. Hear star stories and create your own. Travel among the planets, exploring how each one is different. | | Fee: | $45/person | | Session 1: | June 11-12, 2012, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | What's the Matter? | | Audience:Students, Grades 1 - 3 | | Description: Young scientists examine matter in different states as they look at liquids, scoop up solids, or observe evaporation. By experimenting with mystery powders or liquids, students develop their observation, experimentation and questioning skills. Filter, mix and stir your way to solving matter mysteries. | | Fee: | $150/per person | | Session 1: | August 6-10, 2012, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | The Many Wonders of Energy | | Audience:Students, Grades 2 - 3 | | Description: Have you ever wondered why things look backwards in a mirror? Why does a glass filled with water have a different sound than one with less? In this hands-on class, you will be able to answer these questions and more about the many mysteries of energy. Put on your goggles and get ready to explore. | | Fee: | $28/per person | | Session 1: | July 23, 2012, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Dynamic Duo | | Audience:Students, Grades 3 - 5 | | Description: The invisible worlds of electricity and magnetism provide the backbone for activities such as building electrical gadgets including a lighthouse. Do experiments that demonstrate static electricity. Learn about circuits and test materials for conductivity. Bring your lunch. | | Fee: | $68/person | | Session 1: | June 30, 2012, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | M Class | | Audience:Students, Grades 3 - 5 | | Description: Discover the mystery, not the magic, of mass and motion as you build machines and test which methods of design will make them move more energetically. You'll take some of your cars and machines home for design modification and further testing. | | Fee: | $65/person | | Session 1: | July 9-11, 2012, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Lego Engineering Juniors | | Audience:Students, Grades 3 - 5 | | Description: Are you a beginner or expert Lego builder? At either level you can learn something new. Use Legos to explore the engineering behind several design challenges from basic to more advanced. Work at your own challenge level as you explore gears and pulley machines. Try some basic programming to make your devices move on their own. Design, build and test your projects. Build alone or work like engineers in a design team. | | Fee: | $25/person | | Session 1: | July 14, 2012, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Full | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 4 | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | Description: Be a steward for the day! Teach visitors about the prairie through many fun activities at the Lederman Science Center during the Family Outdoor Fair.
Learn how you can become a certified Junior Prairie Ranger and have fun as a steward of the land! The $10 registration fee is for all 5 sessions. Sessions meet: 2/18, 3/10, 5/5, 6/10, and 8/25.
More information | | Fee: | $10/person ( covers any or all pin sessions) | | Session 1: | June 10, 2012, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 5 | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | Description: Construct your own herbarium by collecting plants from Fermilab’s prairie. Learn how to use a plant guide for identification.
Learn how you can become a certified Junior Prairie Ranger and have fun as a steward of the land! The $10 registration fee is for all 5 sessions. Sessions meet: 2/18, 3/10, 5/5, 6/10, and 8/25.
More information | | Fee: | $10/person ( covers any or all pin sessions) | | Session 1: | August 25, 2012, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Club Invention - Intermediate Students | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | Description: Students participate in all three activities.
Bolder Builders
Children join engineer, architect and builder Archie Tek in the restoration of a town called Unlucky. Children create and test various structures for strength and stability. Children must design and create shelters for the townspeople that are strong enough to withstand the elements of nature. Children are charged with reconstruction and determining the strength of beam, arch and suspension bridges by building and testing prototypes. Lastly, Archie and the children turn to the animal world for inspiration on building sturdier structures. Children build various animal habitats, including a spider web, burrowing animal tunnel and bird's nest.
Castles, Catapults, and Coats of Arms
This module weaves medieval history, basic scientific principles and hands-on creativity through the challenges presented every session. While assuming the roles of lords, knights, craftspeople and serfs, children work in cooperative groups to complete each task. The concept of center of gravity is explored when groups try to build the tallest tower. Children explore the concept of buoyancy by building boats that float while carrying weight to cross a castle moat. Groups build a weight-bearing drawbridge and design and build catapults that launch a ball at a target after experimenting with levers.
E.Z. Science
The dedicated yet absent-minded manager of the E.Z. Science Journal has enlisted the help of children in the Club Invention program. Children must conduct experiments–such as measuring time with a time glass and inflating balloons with carbon dioxide–to help E.Z. Science. Next, children complete the magazine's advice column by solving a knot puzzle, protecting eggs from a 3-foot drop, and creating a game with instructions. Children then create mazes leading to the magazine's distribution centers and restore order at the E.Z. Science Journal by providing inventive science and mathematical solutions to everyday problems.
Please fill out and send in the Club Invention application. If you cannot access it or need help in registering for Club Invention, email edreg@fnal.gov or call 630-840-8259 for a Club Invention application. You must also fill out a Permission Form and bring it to class the first day. | | Fee: | $210/person | | Session 1: | June 25-29, 2012, 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM, Full | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Traveling the Universe: Chart Your Course! | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | | Description: Journey to outer space! How far can you go in a light year? Learn how astronomers record really big numbers. Assemble a telescope to see distant space objects. Explore the causes of moon phases and our seasons. Make a star clock to tell time at night. Travel among the stars, looking for patterns. | | Fee: | $45/person | | Session 1: | June 14-15, 2012, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Survival Science | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | | Description: Learn survival techniques in this adventure based on ideas from the BBC "Rough Science" television series. Over the course of four days, you will construct survival gear for everything from purifying water to repelling insects. Build navigation tools and make your own paper and ink to send a message. At the end of your training, compete in orienteering challenges and cook a lunch with your solar oven. | | Fee: | $100/per person | | Session 1: | June 11-14, 2012, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Full | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | I See! | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | | Description: Bring your curiosity about the world to observe, investigate and discover. Explore natural areas of Fermilab or conduct physical science experiments in the lab. Use digital photography to collect your observations. Use iPhoto software to display your photographic results. You may get some surprising and beautiful results! Digital cameras provided. Bring your lunch. | | Fee: | $80/per person | | Session 1: | June 18-19, 2012, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Let's Test It | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | | Description: No explosions, but you can be a safe myth buster. What's your idea? Inspired by the MythBusters show, this class will help you investigate. Research, propose and test chemical and physical phenomenon. Make it safe! Use science, math and engineering. Can you be a myth buster too? | | Fee: | $80/per person | | Session 1: | July 12-13, 2012, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Unlocking Science and Math Problems | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 6 | | Description: Enjoy daily science experiments, games, puzzles and magic "tricks." Young scientists investigate the Bernoulli effect, Fibonacci patterns, the magnetic force and so much more! This class is an exciting hands-on program for young scientists and mathematicians. | | Fee: | $95/person | | Session 1: | August 6-10, 2012, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Third Rock from the Sun | | Audience:Students, Grades 4 - 7 | | Description: Our 4.6-billion-year-old Earth has a grand history. You'll construct a geological timeline and explore earthquakes and tectonic plates through classroom simulations. Do you want to identify your own rocks, minerals and fossils or start a collection? Unlock the mysteries of subterranean caverns by simulating your own cavern of crystals representing stalactites and stalagmites. Come learn more about the third rock from the sun. | | Fee: | $85/person | | Session 1: | August 6-10, 2012, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Clever Endeavors for the Brain | | Audience:Students, Grades 5 - 8 | | Description: Learn some interesting facts about the human brain. Sharpen your thinking skills by solving puzzles and actively participating in group games and tournaments. Think about your own strengths and talents through the activities. Make your own puzzles. Join the fun and bring a friend! | | Fee: | $28/per person | | Session 1: | July 28, 2012, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Lego Engineering | | Audience:Students, Grades 6 - 8 | | Description: As your Lego building skills expand, are you curious about why things work as they do? You can always learn something new or try a new challenge. Use Legos to continue to explore engineering concepts from basic to more complex. Work at your own challenge level as you construct a motorized vehicle or explore bridge design. Use PICO software to program your projects to move on their own. Design, build and test your projects. Build alone or work like engineers in a design team. | | Fee: | $25/person | | Session 1: | June 16, 2012, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Full | | Complete Listing |
| | | | | Nature's Power Lab | | Audience:Students, Grades 6 - 9 | | Description: How do you get three paper cups, two paper plates, a piece of string and a gentle breeze to pull a book across a table? Learn about exciting, fast-growing, green technologies using the sun, wind, water and biofuels in this hands-on, inquiry-based class for teens. Hear from people in this exciting new field, build your own green machines and learn the advantages of using clean, inexhaustible resources for power. | | Fee: | $130/person | | Session 1: | July 9-11, 2012, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM | | Complete Listing |
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| | | | Traveling the Universe: Journey among the Stars | | Audience:Students, Grades 7 - 10 | | Description: Find out what Galileo saw when he looked through his telescope for the first time. Learn why stars come in different colors. Explore a nebula to see where stars are born. Ride the gravity wave between the sun, moon and Earth. Take your best shot and make craters on the moon! | | Fee: | $45/person | | Session 1: | June 18-19, 2012, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | | Complete Listing |
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