Get ready to touch, see, hear, smell, and taste what science is really all about! Students will engage in fun, interacve and educaonal hands-on acvies that insll a clearer understanding of science and how it affects the world around them. On the way to becoming “mad sciensts,” each week parcipants make and take home a different science project. Mad Science aﬅer school enrichment programs combine educaon and entertainment in a unique way! Hour long enrichment workshops Hands on & inquiry based Trained, reliable & dynamic instructors Professional lesson plans & equipment Take home projects in each class Mad Science of Central Virginia 804-359-1500 CentralVA.MadScience.org Space Technology Steer a laser beam through a maze, map the earth with radar, discover everyday objects originally used for space! (Stereoscopic Viewer) Kitchen Chemistry Hunt starch & proteins in delicious foods. Invesgate the amazing, living yeast organism. Probe chemical pro- cess of digeson in your stomach. (Digestor Inspector) Science of Toys It’s playme! Spinning tops, gravity defying birds & “string things” will guide your exploraon of the principles of moon, potenal & kinec energies! (YoYo) Junior Reactors Line trackers, soccer play- ers, moon & sound detecng rovers. Pro- gram a robot to get through a maze & test your skills in a roboc jousng tournament! (Atomic Coins) Fantasc Flyers Discover the forces of flight! Test new plane concepts. Build planes, kites and flying spinners to see how well they fly. (Skyhawk Plane) Harnessing Heat Learn the creave side of heat transfer! Boil liquids in your hand, erupt an underwater volcano & turn paper colors with the touch of your hand. (Heat Sheet) Lab Works Sr, swirl & squeeze your way into the lab coat as you train on the techniques & tools of a Mad Scienst. Grab your goggles - it’s me to step into the lab! (Graduated Gear) Living in Space Experience life as an astro- naut as you suit up for space! Use teamwork to complete an important space mission, build a model space staon!! (Spacewalk Mission)

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Get ready to touch, see, hear, smell, and taste what science is really all

about! Students will engage in fun, interactive and educational hands-on

activities that instill a clearer understanding of science and how it affects

the world around them. On the way to becoming “mad scientists,” each

week participants make and take home a different science project.

Mad Science after school enrichment programs combine

education and entertainment in a unique way!

Hour long enrichment workshops

Hands on & inquiry based

Trained, reliable & dynamic instructors

Professional lesson plans & equipment

Take home projects in each class

Mad Science of Central Virginia

804-359-1500 CentralVA.MadScience.org

Space Technology Steer a laser beam through a maze, map the earth with radar, discover everyday objects originally used for space! (Stereoscopic Viewer) Kitchen Chemistry Hunt starch & proteins in delicious foods. Investigate the amazing, living yeast organism. Probe chemical pro-cess of digestion in your stomach. (Digestor Inspector) Science of Toys It’s playtime! Spinning tops, gravity defying birds & “string things” will guide your exploration of the principles of motion, potential & kinetic energies! (YoYo) Junior Reactors Line trackers, soccer play-ers, motion & sound detecting rovers. Pro-gram a robot to get through a maze & test your skills in a robotic jousting tournament! (Atomic Coins)

Fantastic Flyers Discover the forces of flight! Test new plane concepts. Build planes, kites and flying spinners to see how well they fly. (Skyhawk Plane) Harnessing Heat Learn the creative side of heat transfer! Boil liquids in your hand, erupt an underwater volcano & turn paper colors with the touch of your hand. (Heat Sheet) Lab Works Stir, swirl & squeeze your way into the lab coat as you train on the techniques & tools of a Mad Scientist. Grab your goggles - it’s time to step into the lab! (Graduated Gear) Living in Space Experience life as an astro-naut as you suit up for space! Use teamwork to complete an important space mission, build a model space station!! (Spacewalk Mission)