December

Tuesday 12/13
2.00– 4.00 pm

Animal Habitats by Identifying Movement Patterns

For 9 – 13 year olds
Graph the patterns of animal movement and interpret the results to learn about
habitats.

Pre-registration and payment is required
Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Spring 2012 Theme - Exploring Deep in the Natural World: From Bubbles to Worms

Classes use ideas from Activites Integrating Mathematics and Science to incorporate the processes of science to study geometry and chemistry. These classes involve experiments with bubbles which will be followed by working with live worms. As always, the museum in an integral component of the classes.

January

Tuesday 1/17
2.00– 4.00 pm

Bubble Explorations

For 9 – 13 year olds
The various physical features of bubbles will be examined.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 1/31
2.00– 4.00 pm

Surface Tension

For 9 – 13 year olds
Compare the surface tension of water and soapy water.

Then build and use models of water and soap molecules to

understand surface tension and the chemistry of soap film.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

February

Tuesday 2/14
2.00– 4.00 pm

Soap Films

For 9 – 13 year olds
Minimum surfaces will be identifed as soap fils pull equally in all directions filling the smallest area possible, with the mathematical relationship between the sizes of the two equal rings.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 2/28
2.00– 4.00 pm

Catenary Curves

For 9 – 13 year olds
Students will work with hanging chains in nature and relate them to soap film curves between two rings.

Pre-registration and payment is required

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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

March

Tuesday 3/13
2.00– 4.00 pm

Steiner's Problem

For 9 – 13 year olds
Students will find the shortest path between three and four points using soap film. They will find the relationship between the number of points and junctions in the soap pathways.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 3/27
2.00– 4.00 pm

Geo Planes: Plateaus

For 9 – 13 year olds
Students will find a formula relating parts of polyhedrons and make discoveries about the soap film patterns, which form inside them.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

April

Tuesday 4/17
2.00– 4.00 pm

Air Pressure

For 9 – 13 year olds
Students will observes that small soap bubbles have greater internal pressure than large ones.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

May

Tuesday 5/1
2.00– 4.00 pm

Liquid Rainbows

For 9 – 13 year olds
Students will find the color sequence, which leads to the bursting of a soap film via the comparison of a flat film and a hemisphere.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 5/15
2.00– 4.00 pm

The World of Annelids (Worms)

For 9 – 13 year olds
Discover the role of earthworms in nature; how the Ice Age wiped them out in North America, and their unique anatomical properties.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 5/29
2.00– 4.00 pm

Graphing Annelid Results

For 9 – 13 year olds
Use physical stimuli to observe and record responses in earthworms.

Pre-registration and payment is required

Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

December

Tuesday 12/6
2.00– 4.00 pm

Creatures that Creep and Crawl

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students will observe and map animal movements to identify animal needs
and habitats.

Pre-registration and payment is required
Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 12/20
2.00– 4.00 pm

Animal Trails

For 6 – 9 year olds
Interpreting animal maps to better understand their needs and improve their care.

Pre- registration and payment is required
Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Spring 2012 Theme - Hands-On Science with the Museum as the Student's Laboratory

Secret Formula workshops provide young students with experiences of mixing to create their own products, becoming laboratory scientists participating in the scientific process. The activities used in the classes are from a curriculum developed by the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley.

January

Tuesday 1/10
2.00– 4.00 pm

Pastes: Formulating

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students measure ingredients, follow a formula, observe ans test to create their own paste.

Pre-registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 1/24
2.00– 4.00 pm

Colas: Investigating

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students observe specific ingredients and identify their attributes to see cause and effect. They use a formula to obtain repeatable results.

Pre- registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

February

Tuesday 2/7
2.00– 4.00 pm

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students identify attributes, use descriptive language, test ingredients, and develop their own secret formula.

Pre-registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 2/21
2.00– 4.00 pm

Ice Cream: Testing

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students experiment with rock salt and ice, and they record, create, and evaluate their own secret ice cream formula.

Pre- registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

March

Tuesday 3/6
2.00– 4.00 pm

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students test techniques and various formulas to create giant bubbles, developing questions based on observations.

Pre-registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 3/20
2.00– 4.00 pm

Touchy Subjects: Classifying

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students design experiments, collect and record data to classify surfaces best for bubbles.

Pre- registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

April

Tuesday 4/3
2.00– 4.00 pm

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students record data to see wheter free form floating bubbles will always form a shpere.

Pre-registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 4/24
2.00– 4.00 pm

Bubble Clusters: Applying

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students explore combinations of bubbles and the structure and patterns that they form, observing their angles and indentifying the resulting geometric shapes.

Pre- registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

May

Tuesday 5/8
2.00– 4.00 pm

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students will observe the features of earthworms, hypothesize their responses to stimuli and draw conclusions.

Pre-registration and payment is required
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Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child

Tuesday 5/22
2.00– 4.00 pm

Now You See Them; Now You Don't

For 6 – 9 year olds
Students will determine how long it takes earthworms to burrow into the ground.

Pre- registration and payment is required
Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register
Fees: $12 per child members, additional siblings $9 per child
$16 per child non members, additional siblings $13 per child