For more information or to schedule a program, please call 314.286.4680
Off-site Program Topics
Here is a list of off-site paid public program offerings the community science department offers. Included are Amazing Science Demonstrations, Inquiry Investigations, and Family Math and Science Nights.
Amazing Science Demonstrations
30-minute presentations with limited audience participation best suited for audiences of 100+ usually used for school assemblies or similar. We can present these shows for regular classroom sizes (provided there is enough room) with little to no accommodations. Each lesson can be scaled up or down to accommodate different ages/grade levels.
Cost is $150 per demonstration.
A Hair-Raising Experience
This shocking demonstration will electrify learning! We’ll explore the parts of an atom, learn why doorknobs shock us in the winter and create an arc of electricity that can energize a light bulb without wires.
Creepy Chemistry
Inspire “Oohs” and “Ahhs” with these astonishing experiments. Explore a variety of chemistry principles including fun with fire, rapid decomposition and ending it all with a bang!
Now Hear This!
Have you ever seen a sound? Make some waves using frequency and pitch through fun demonstrations. You’ll hear singing goblets, screaming metal rods and experience a way to see sound!
Sublime Science
Stay cool with all the states of matter in this sub-zero program! Delve into a world of solid dry-ice and sublimating gases, color changing crystal balls and bubbles that can be held without popping. Discover the cryogenic fun that can be had with carbon dioxide!
Family Math and Science Nights
Offer a selection of 12 activities for schools/clients to choose from. Schools may pick 5 or 10 for either 1.5 hours or 2 hours, with different prices for each. Schools are responsible for providing volunteers to facilitate each activity (one activity per table). SLSC will provide all supplies (minus tables) and one staff member to assist the volunteers. It will be up to the school to organize if rotations will be timed or first come first serve etc. Any other activity/organization’s participation is up to the school (no contract stating Family Science Nights will be exclusively SLSC). ASD’s and other programs sold separately.
Pricing/Grouping:
- 5 activities 1.5 hours $350 / 2 hours $450
- 10 activities 1.5 hours $700 / 2 hours $900
Family Science Night Topic Options:
Simple Circuits
Build simple circuits using wires, bulbs and batteries.
Colorful Chemistry
Learn about pH by mixing cabbage juice, a natural pH indicator, with certain liquids.
Worm Farm
Dig up and examine worms from our worm farm while learning about ecology and decomposers.
Oobleck
Mix, feel and play with a non-Newtonian fluid, a liquid that sometimes acts like a solid, with two materials normally found in a kitchen.
Sound Sandwich
See and feel the vibrations by making a musical instrument craft to play at home.
Handy Garden
Make a new garden to take home while learning about reducing, reusing, and giving back.
Salt Crystals
Learn how crystals form by using ammonia and salt, to make your own.
Cheek Cell DNA
Use household chemicals to see your own DNA without a microscope.
Bernoulli Tricks
Explore the science of flight by performing fun tricks demonstrating Bernoulli’s Principle.
Stomp Rockets
Experience Newton’s laws of motion by making a rocket lift off.
Thaumatropes
Try your hand at animation by making this optical illusion move.
Carnivore vs. Herbivore
Learn all about animals by observing different animal skulls.
Inquiry Investigations
These hour-long programs are for normal classroom sizes. They are typically done during either the school day to supplement the classroom teacher’s normal lesson or after-school clubs. Each lesson can be scaled up or down to accommodate ages and grade levels. Inquiry Investigations cannot be done with a large audience, there is a cap of 30 students per program.
Each program costs $150
Super Science
Explore physics and chemistry by making investigations using your observations. See lightning, experiment with density, and learn about acids and bases.
Home Scientist
There is chemistry all around you! Discover the science behind things you see and ingredients you have every day. Make crystals, feel electricity, and make your favorite non-Newtonian fluid!
Eclipse 23/24
The Solar Eclipse is coming to Saint Louis! In this program learn the science of shadows to understand how a solar eclipse is made and make your own solar eclipse viewer to safely view the eclipse.
Sphero Pilot Programs
Coming Fall 2024
Sphero BOLT - Can You Get Out of the Maze? Computer Science Block Programming
Can you get the sphero through the maze? Using the Sphero BOLT block programming technology, be introduced to computer science and robotic movement by plotting a path through the maze. Learn how x-y-z graphs show different aspects of the movement, and analyze how an accelerometer shows movement.
Sphero BOLT - Artistic Creations, Computer Science Draw and Drive Programming
Let your creative juices flow! In this program you will learn about the science of color and learn how to use the draw and drive functions of the Sphero BOLT to create a collective artistic creation!
Sphero BOLT – Be the Author of Your Own Story! Computer Science Block Programming in Storytelling
It’s time to grab your favorite book and tell the story…with a robot!! Using the Sphero BOLT programming technology, be introduced to computer science by writing the code to have a robot tell the story. You will learn how to program lights, sounds, music and movement to make your story a unique experience for your audience.
Sphero BOLT – Target Math, Computer Science Block Programming and Order of Operations
Play a math operations game and learn how to control BOLT’s movement in the process. In this program, participants will use roll and delay blocks to program their robot to show how a sum can be arrived at by using different operations and number combinations in the equation. This program is the perfect combination of math practice and coding basic.
School Field Trips
For more information please view our Groups and Field Trips information.