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2010-2011 AFTER SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS
100% ALL NEW CURRICULUM - nothing repeats for 4 years!!!!

Our interdisciplinary curriculum incorporates more than just “science” – includes  of science, technology, engineering , history & art, hands-on science projects & fun to be experienced in these labs!  
The labs are designed to motivate young students & inspire them to see the world in a new way!
The scientific spectrum is truly fun and all of this fun IS really truly science! 
ALL HANDS ON~  DISCOVERY & TAKE!!

Hands on!! Dynamic!! Experiment! Test & Discover!!

Check out our 100% ALL new After School Science labs for 2010-2011!!
Topics include physics, chemistry, electricity, microscopes,
radio controlled mini coopers & more!!

Topic Major Project
TERRIFIC TECHNOLOGY WITH PHYSICS!
K’Nex Tethered SOSF ‘Bot
KABAMM! KABOOM! CHEMISTRY!
SOSF Booklet of Formulas & Lab Rack
WINDOWS INTO SPACE!
Solar Whirly
IMAGINE THAT SCIENCE!
Microscope  
WOW! THAT'S HOW SCIENCE WORKS!
Ridemakerz Downtown Disney Radio Controlled Car
THAT’S ALL SCIENCE!!
Split Light Beams
SCIENCE SURPRISE
It’s a Surprise
MYSTERY SCIENCE
Mystery Labs
SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & OCEAN CONSERVATION
Dissection
FINDING PHYICS!!
Grand Prix Racer
DISCOVERING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS!!
Amazing Wooden Cephalopod

 

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TOPIC LEAD PROJECT

TERRIFIC TECHNOLOGY WITH PHYSICS!

Become a junior engineer! Understand & use the engineering design process. Do the BLT – Build it, Learn it, Take it! Dynamic, daft & dippy devices designed to make work easier! Building, electricity & machines! This lab includes building a K'NEX TETHERED SOSF ‘BOT– make it roll on & reverse!

Building a Tethered  SOSF BOT with a Motor

Picture of the Knex Physics project

KABAMM! KABOOM! CHEMISTRY

 Whirl & swirl with turbulence & real chemistry! Build a model of the king of chemicals! Is “IT” black or blue? Perhaps a little green shows through? Experience slippery, slidey, fuzzy, roaming, foaming action of a chemical reaction & more!  Concoct ooey gooey squishy science chemistry combinations! Take home the SOSF BOOKLET OF FORMULAS & YOUR OWN LAB RACK for chemistry in the making!

SOSF Booklet of Formulas & Lab Rack

Bubbling Chemistry Beaker

 

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WINDOWS INTO SPACE!

Zoom into the far yonder & scope out space! Discover why one planet in particular has everyone so captivated! Will humans one day visit Mars? Marvel at what today’s scientists have discovered about the sun! Consider what the future may bring! In astrobiology explore for conditions that indicate terrestrial life! Try the fun of a SOLAR WHIRLY - photovoltaic cells spinning powered by the sun! There is a lot of space out there – Is it really blue? Let’s go!! 

Solar Power & Solar Cells

Solar Power Panels

IMAGINE THAT SCIENCE!    

Science is exploring our natural planet! Investigate the tiny world with YOUR VERY OWN MICROSCOPE! See objects magnified 20 to 40 times their real size! Create a special slide to view a flower! Make a rain forest in a pocket!  Wading or waddling? Feathers & fuss galore! Examine the wonders of butterflies! Where are the blue footed boobies or the flaming pink flamingos?

Microscope

Microscope Picture

WOW! THAT'S HOW SCIENCE WORKS! 

SOSF joins Ridemakerz Downtown Disney Anaheim in offering the science of radio controlled mini coopers! As the car is built, learn about radio control procedures! This car has flashing lights & a honking horn! How fast & how far can the car go? Do a wheely! Check your treads; move up hill, then run the downhill slope! Each child will make & take their own Ridemakerz car! Ridemakerz  Downtown Disney Anaheim will include a special Ridmakerz discount coupon for additional cars & accessories!

 

** No Refunds will be issued for the supply fee.

Ridemakerz Downtown Disney Anaheim ~
Radio Controlled Mini Cooper

 

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THAT’S ALL SCIENCE!!

Remember, science is everywhere! Be a science snoop! Learn about habitat fragmentation & killer plants! Find alien species right here in California! Can you morph your instructor? Find a fascinating way to split light beams! In the wetland biomes science is hopping all over!! There is never a dull moment with these snazzy & spirited science labs!  

Be a Snoop and Find out!

World & magnifying glass graphic

SCIENCE SURPRISE!

Surprise! No one knows (except SOSF curriculum department) what the students in SCIENCE SURPRISE will do! Come and join in spectacular science projects!  Perhaps marvelous magnets can make art? As the year passes, our staff takes new classes & finds new ideas – all of which may be developed & included for these labs!! All we can guarantee is that this is exuberant science and SOSF has never done it before!

Surprise Labs
 

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MYSTERY SCIENCE!

Children always enjoy a mystery and these labs are no exception! Will it be mischievous monkeys or physical force of a hurricane?  Swinging science of baseball or a greenhouse? Explore & spy! Enter the world of the unknown! Science is fun! Let the learning continue!

It’s all a Mystery

Bouncing question mark

 

SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE &
OCEAN CONSERVATION!

There is an ocean of science out there! These two weeks will include a dissection & will stress marine conservation & sustainable science. The children are our future and these labs will encourage, inform & excite!! Students are encouraged to ask questions & learn care for our planet & the importance & impact of conservation. Way to go, kids!

Marine Conservation & Dissection

FINDING PHYSICS!!

Newton's Laws of Motion are here!!! Power, Power & more power! Build a wireless remote controlled Grand Prix Racer - a great way to introduce children to the exciting world of physcis & design enginerring!!! It's widgets & wheels! Imaginations gone wild!! With propulsion & physics, you can do it all!!

Grand Prix Racer

Grand Prix Racer image

DISCOVERING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS!!

Examine the liquid world – 90 % unknown! See a variety of sea life! Shark surveillance for those fascinated with sleek streamlined creatures! It’s turtle time for the wanderers! Try it invertebrate investigations! Test the pulling power of amazing & awesome cephalopods!

Amazing Wooden Cephalopod

 

ENROLLMENT FORMS

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Mail registration form & payment to
Spectrum of Science Foundation,
317 Barton Ct., Danville, CA 94526

Questions: 925.820.2415

LET NO FUTURE SCIENTIST BE LEFT BEHIND!!!

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updated: 2.1.11

 

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