Scott: Elective Descriptions

Crazy Chemistry Creations with Krista

Krista’s Culinary Class/ Krista’s Chemistry/ New Group–Mix of Both? (Age 8-10) Max 15

What does a spatula and a beaker have in common? This elective! Join “Crazy” Krista as she exposes you to a world filled with fine food and super science!

Mentos Madness

(Age 9-12) Max 12

Are you mad about Mentos?! Well how about explosions (of the safe variety)?! Check out what happens when you put Mentos tablets in soda as we perform this time-honored experiment that gets to the bottom of natures most basic (and coolest) chemical reaction! Learn about the scientific method as you collect and compare data about different chemical reactions. Prepare to have your mind blown (figuratively speaking)!

Science of Sound

(Age 10-13) Max 12

There’s a destination a little up the road from the habitations and the towns we know. A place we turn the lights down low, the jig-saw jazz and the get-fresh flow. Tossin’ out jives and jamboree handouts – two turn tables and a microphone. Bottles and cans, just clap your hands, just clap your hands! Explore your creative potential in a professional recording studio where you’ll learn the basics of making and mixing your own music! Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s jammin’ time!!!

Honey, I Shrunk the Elective

Microscopes/Physics/Observatory

Check out the tiny civilization that exists all around us as we use microscopes to inspect the infinitesimal. Make friends with an amoeba, magnify some mold and explore the jungle that lurks in your own refrigerator! Next, get some insights into what makes it all tick as you dive into the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force – that’s right, physics! You won’t need a notebook or pencil for this elective, it’s all hands-on and it’s all ridiculously fun! Lastly, direct your attention to the opposite side of the spectrum as you gaze upon the equally elusive orbs that adorn our sky at the observatory!

Exotic X-Ray Experience

Med School/?/Wild Things & Animal Games (Age 6-8) Max 15

Put on your scrubs, we’re goin’ behind-the-scenes at one of the sickest places around – Med School! Get a taste of this fast-paced environment that shows real-life applications of those principles you’ve only before read in text books. Get to know the workings of the most extraordinary and complicated machine known to man; the human body. Then we’ll check out some other species with a visit from Wild Things’ traveling animal demonstration. Get chummy with exotic creatures from around the world and if you have the mutant ability to communicate with our feathered, furry friends, this would be an opportune time to go for it!

Spacetastic Rocketeers

Observatory/Rockets/Physics (Age11-13) Max 15

Have you ever seen a white dwarf? No, I’m not referring to a short Caucasian.  A “white dwarf” is a star, approximately the size of the earth, that has undergone gravitational collapse and is in the final stage of evolution. That’s just one of the many cool things that gild our firmament, a realm that will be the focus of this spectacular space-age elective! Try to touch the sky with your very own air-powered rocket! Then explore the forces that make it all work as you get hands-on with some fabulous physics!

Cosmic Culinary Collision

Rockets/ Observatory/ Krista’s Kitchen Chemistry (Age 8-9) Max 12

Three, two, fun… BLAST OFF with this delectable elective (Dare I say, delective?) that’ll take you from black holes to banana bites! We’ll start you off by letting you launch one of our explosive air-powered rockets drizzled with our very own awesome sauce! For the second course, you’ll venture to the U’s very own observatory where you can gaze into the Milky Way! And for dessert, get your science on as you learn what makes your favorite snacks so divine. And no such endeavor would be complete without a TASTE TEST!

Animal Collective

Tracy Aviary/Wild Things/Animal Art (Age5-7) Max 15

Get ready to go ape for Animalea! You may very well leap like a lizard, frolic like a frog, dance like a dingo, or wet yourself like a wallaby for joy over this most extraordinary elective! Travel to Tracy Aviary and get a glimpse of some glamorous gliders and fine feathered foul. After that brace yourself for a Jumanji-style adventure as the jungle comes to campus with a live presentation featuring five exotic animals from around the world! Finally, release your inner animal in a socially acceptable way by creating your own animal art!