Pre-K Learning Labs
Our preschool programs are designed to fit the learning style of preschool-aged children. Classes are taught in an inquiry-based, hands-on atmosphere. Our objective is to bring out your preschoolers’ natural curiosity and increase their understanding of the world around them.
Our programs are typically 45 minutes in length. Most preschool programs include a take-home project. Each preschool group will receive an age-appropriate planetarium show included with the purchase of an on-site Learning Lab program.
Bubbles
Chemistry
Travel, Onsite
NGSS Standards: S.48.1, S.48.2, SS.48.10
For all preschool standards with emotional / social learning, physical development and health and creative arts, click this link here.
Students will learn & make observations about bubbles! We will explore their shape, strength, color, and more as we blow bubbles! In this lab, students will make their own bubble blower and create art!
I Want to Be an Astronaut
Space Science
Travel, Onsite
NGSS Standards: S.36.2, S.36.4, S.60.12, PH.36.6, CA.36.8
For all preschool standards with emotional / social learning, physical development and health and creative arts, click this link here.
Students will learn about how astronauts live and work in space! We will discuss gravity and how rockets launch people & items into space. In this lab, students will make a twirly spacecraft & launch them in class! This lab pairs well with Big Bird Adventure Planetarium show!
Party with the Stars
Space Science
Onsite
NGSS Standards: S.36.9, M.36.9, M.48.13
For all preschool standards with emotional / social learning, physical development and health and creative arts, click this link here.
Students will learn all about what a star is, different types of stars, different types of constellations and explore the universe! In this lab, students will make a sticker craft and watch a live planetarium show!
Sink and Float
Engineering
Travel, Onsite
NGSS Standards: S.36.7, S.48.11, S.48.1, S.48.2
For all preschool standards with emotional / social learning, physical development and health and creative arts, click this link here.
Students will learn all about buoyancy, specifically making observations on what materials float and what materials sink. In this lab, students will test their own boat to apply an understanding of why certain materials float. Challenge: by adding cargo, will your boat still float?