Science Saturdays
Machines on Earth
&
Lights in the
Sky
For middle school students
and their parents
Saturday Mornings
March 27, April 17, and April 24
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Are you Ready for Fun?
Are you in grades six to eight — or the parent of a student in those grades — and are the two of you ready for three Saturdays of fun? Are you ready to build your own scientific apparatus and use it to investigate the world around you? Then you need Science Saturday: Machines on Earth and Lights in the Sky!
Build and Experiment
Each Saturday children and parents work together on different and challenging science projects. The three Saturdays may be taken as a series, or you can pick and choose the sessions you want. For example, on March 27, you’ll assemble a small telescope and a crystal radio to pick up different forms of energy from the far reaches of the sky. On April 17, you’ll use star-finders and sundials to navigate with the sky. On April 24, you’ll learn why we call a bridge a machine and what makes cars run and airplanes fly.
During each of the Saturday sessions, you will conduct and observe fun experiments in university laboratories. You will also receive instructions for performing additional experiments at home.
The sessions may be taken as a series, or you can
choose just the sessions you want. During each of the Saturday sessions,
you will conduct and observe fun experiments in university laboratories.
You will also receive instructions for performing additional experiments
at home.
Learn New Skills
As you record your observations, you will be doing real science—raising questions, making observations, and conducting experiments to find answers. You will be responsible for keeping good records in your own personal notebook so that you can save and share all your exciting findings.
