Grades 3-5 Learning Labs

Students will learn to code with us with this introductory coding class. Students will have the opportunity to program their own robots and build their own obstacle course for their robot to navigate.

Students will learn about states of matter, conservation of mass, and physical and chemical changes. We will learn how to identify and classify materials and even test out some Non-Newtonian fluids to see how they defy classification! In this lab, students will test out different slime recipes and explore how different ingredients give different results. This lab pairs well with our Chemistry live demonstration!

Students will learn about forces and motion and how Newton’s Laws of Motion work in the everyday world. In this lab, students will design and build their own prototype for their rollercoaster while doing a series of challenges to test your design. This lab pairs well with the Laws of Motion live demonstration!

Students will learn all about electricity, where it comes from, how it works and what it is. In this lab, students will complete a circuit diagram and compete in a challenge where students need to find a way to make complex circuits and who can turn them on the fastest. This lab pairs well with the Electricity live demonstration!

Students will learn all about plate tectonics, continents, Pangea and focus on earthquake and volcano formations. In this lab, students will plan an evacuation route and what their bag would hold if an evacuation ever did take place! This lab pairs well with the Weather live demonstration and the planetarium show The Birth of Planet Earth!

Students will join us in the planetarium for an exciting journey from Earth to the far reaches of other planets, where you'll discover the wonders of our universe. Witness the Earth as it orbits around the Sun, and explore the factors that create observable phenomena in space, including night and day, as well as the passing of months and years.

Students will learn how to design a solution for a problem, focusing on cause and effect relationships, understand how energy can be transferred and predicting the outcome of their creations! They will create different barriers to protect their water balloon from breaking after being tossed off the top of our building!

Students compete in a design challenge to bid on a NASA rocket contract, complete with test launch! Plan, budget, build, and test a rocket to see which team has what it takes to win the contract. Students work cooperatively in teams to use math, engineering, and interpersonal skills. This pairs well with the planetarium show Mars: The Ultimate Voyage.