Home School Days
Location: Saint Louis Science Center
Start: 1:00 PM
End: 2:30 PM
HomeSchool Days is a program designed to expand opportunities in math, science, and technology curriculum for students (and their families). Activities may differ per grade level. These one-hour sessions provide related follow-up activities for immediately after the session. HomeSchool Days are offered the third Tuesday of each month from 1:00 - 2:30 pm. Please see dates and topics listed below.
2010 Home School Program
March 16: Magnetics
There is a force in nature we experience every day - Magnetism. In this session, we will investigate magnetism and all the surprising places we find magnetic things. Extract iron from cereal and explore mystery boxes!
April 20: Spy Science
Have you ever wished you could use your own cool gadgets to embark on your own secret mission? You will become a spy kid yourself as you play with and inspect spy gadgets, secret messages, all the while solving problems and mysteries. Embark on a top-secret scavenger hunt and use all the tricks of the trade.
May 18: Nature Creations
Show off your creative side as we use materials found in nature to create unique works of art. We?ll do activities based on patterns and structures found in the natural environment around the Science Center.
June 15: Grossology
The human body can be pretty gross sometimes. But boogers, scabs and spit all have a purpose. We?ll explore the icky, yucky and disgusting things our bodies do and make a gross (but edible) treat to take home.
July 20: Bio-Facts
We?ll learn all about the wide world of animals, and how they live and work together. Explore symbiosis, predation, and speciation while learning about animal behavior and communication.
August 17: Physics Phun
Explore the world of forces and motion using challenge-based activities. We?ll learn about the way energy and matter work together to move our world, literally! Investigate hands-on how gravity, machines, and physics work.
September 21: Hungry Scientist
Even a scientist has to eat, but not before experimenting with his food. Light up lollipops, naked eggs and bubbly root beer! We?ll test, explore and learn about our food.
October 19: Code Breakers
Explore the world of secret languages as we make and break our own codes. Learn binary code, make invisible ink, and more as you learn to communicate in secretive ways.
November 16: Nano-Tech
What the heck is nano-tech? As you?ll soon find out, it?s not such a small thing. Learn how the world works on the smallest scale as you explore the components of matter on a nano-sized scale.
December 21: Sensational Safari
What would happen to lizards at the North Pole? What about polar bears in the rainforest? Come learn all about the amazing world of animals and how they are suited to their environments. We?ll explore places like the mysterious ocean, dazzling grasslands, and towering forests and the creatures that inhabit them.