Dunboyne – 5 Week Science Club (Wednesdays 6pm -7:30pm; 21st September to 19th October)

6 week science club at The Oak Centre, Maynooth Road, Dunboyne for children aged 5 – 11 years old

Wednesdays 6pm -7:30pm

Term 1:   21st September & runs weekly every Wednesday until 19th October

€90 per child

Children are supplied with lab coats & goggles. They make their own experiments! Hands on, fun STEM learning.

Topics:

Week 1: Chemistry Chaos

Erupting volcanoes, crusty old Earth (plate tectonics), pH Scale & pH indicators (acids & bases)

Week 2: Electricity Extravaganza

Lets make a lightsabre with our Tesla coil like plasma ball. Children gain an understanding of conductors & insulators by testing materials on our plasma ball. We teach children about open/closed circuits with electricity glow sticks!

Week 3: Cartoon Capers

Optical illusions- how the eye tricks the brain. We use praxinoscopes, zoetropes & thaumatropes to observe illusions happening right before our eyes! Each child makes their own cartoon caper thaumatrope to take home.

Week 4: Marble Run

Phenomenal physics with our marble run construction. Children gain an understanding of Velocity, Speed & Momentum in this hands on activity. Can we engineer an alternative design to slow our marble run ?

Week 5: Engineering Bridges

Children design and construct a bridge. We test different shapes & structures to identify the strongest. Children also use the scientific skills of prediction, observation, teamwork communication, comparison, measurement, problem solving, and cooperative investigation by working in teams.

Enquiries to junioreinsteinsmeath@gmail.com or call us in the lab on 0857555635