This workshop introduces students to egg-laying animals like insects, amphibians, birds, and reptiles. Students will observe, compare, and interact with live animals that lay eggs, investigate differences between different birds’ eggs, and take a closer look at the form and function of the insides of a chicken egg.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.A, LS1.B, LS1.C, LS4.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 3, 6
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 5, 6
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1
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What do animals need to survive in the wild? Students will learn about an animal’s niche in nature and discover how individual organisms are connected to one another. Outdoor exploration is a large part of this workshop as we search for tracks, scat, and other signs that animals inhabit the park and find what they need for survival: food, water, and space.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS2.A, LS2.B, LS4.C, LS4.D
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 3, 4, 7
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3

What is sound? How does sound travel? Does the shape of our ears help or hinder hearing? These questions form the foundation of our inquiry into the world of sound. Students experiment with a variety of sound makers, listen with a stethoscope, and hear the sounds of vibrating metal. Let’s hear it for this audible adventure!

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS3.A, PS3.B, PS4.A
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 2, 3, 6
Performance Expectations: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-4

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Build a bridge, test its strength until it collapses, then redesign and retest. Students will explore gravity, stress, and other forces that engineers have to overcome (or utilize) every time they construct a bridge. Let’s work as engineers as we build and break our very own structures.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS2.A, PS2.C, ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Crosscutting Concepts: 2, 3, 4, 6
Performance Expectations: 2-PS1-3, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3, 5-PS2-1

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Explore the coverings of mammals, birds, reptiles, and arthropods. Students touch and talk about similarities, differences, and functions of each type of covering, and how they aid in the survival of the animal. This class will include seeing some live animals and handling biofacts to find out about animals covered in fur, feathers, scales, and exoskeletons.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.A, LS2.A, LS2.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 6
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1, 1-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1

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Learn about solids, liquids, and the properties of water in this “cool” program. Students will investigate frozen water blocks, make salt craters, examine bubbles and tunnels in ice, trace water flow, and more. Join us for an illuminating transformation of ice into water.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A, PS3.A, PS3.B
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 5, 7
Performance Expectations: 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-ESS2-3

This activity is propelled by a fan or the students themselves! Students learn about engineering, gasses, friction, sails, forces, motion, and energy. By creating a vehicle which can be powered by wind, students gain understanding of design, why we use wheels, why we might not, and attempt to build a vehicle which goes straight, far, and/or fast with limited materials.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS2.A, PS2.C, PS3.A, PS3.B, PS3.C,ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Crosscutting Concepts: 2, 3, 4, 6
Performance Expectations: K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2, 2-PS1-3, 4-PS3-4, K-2-ETS1-1 , K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2

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