Science Bytes #27. BOUNCY BALLS
In this video episode of Science Bytes, Miss Nicole will talk about polymers and show viewers how to make a homemade bouncy ball! Read more >
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Science Bytes #11: POLYMERS & “THE MAGIC DIAPER”
In this edition of Science Bytes, Miss Nicole talks about super-absorbent polymers and does the “magic diaper” demonstration! Read more >
Program 30: Galaxy Slime
I thought a perfect science complement to our Summer 2019 Theme of “A Universe of Stories” would be a stellar galaxy slime program! Read more >
Program 28: Balloon Bonanza Reboot!
Spring is in the air, so I wanted to revisit a crowd-pleasing program for my crew: balloon science! With a few simple activities and a pile of balloons, we talked about air pressure, the properties of polymers, centripetal force, friction, AND Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion! Read more >
Program 23: Summer Fun with Bouncy Balls!
What better way to have some summer fun than playing with polymers and making our very own BOUNCY BALLS! That’s right. With a few easy to find ingredients, our scientists were able to create their very own bouncy balls. Now, our bouncy balls didn’t have quite the “spunk” of the classic bouncy balls you find […] Read more >
Program 22: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss – Let’s make oobleck!
In a happy birthday nod to Dr. Seuss, I thought it would be great fun to let my Science Explorers make some wacky and wonderful “oobleck.” Read more >
Program 18: Gross Science with SLIME
October is the perfect time of year for gross science. And for our Science Explorers Club, that means we get to play with slime!… Read more >
Program 9: Halloween Science
What does ‘Halloween Science’ mean to me? Let’s see…goo, and glow in the dark, and dry ice magic! And that’s exactly what we explored at our October Science Explorers Club program! Before we launched into our projects and experiments, it was important that our scientists understood on a basic level how different items glow in […] Read more >
Program 5: Balloon Bonanza!
You’re never too old to have fun with balloons…and our Prosser Science Explorers discovered recently just how many interesting things we could also learn with a little help from our piles of balloons! Read more >
Program 2: A Personal Favorite…Polymers!
I usually wait until I have a pretty steady group of regular scientists coming to my programs before I do a polymer-themed program, but I just couldn’t resist. Not only are polymers just the coolest thing in the world, but they also lead to really fun hands-on experiments and demonstrations. Read more >