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Afterschool Experiences: Chemistry Club (ages 8 to 10)
Apr
22
3:45 PM15:45

Afterschool Experiences: Chemistry Club (ages 8 to 10)

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Get ready to experiment! Ask questions and test out your hypotheses as we make eruptions, write with invisible ink, explore states of matter with dry ice, and more as we discover the wondrous world of interacting molecules.

This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Mondays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 22 to May 20: 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 513, 5/20.

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Afterschool Experiences: Invention Lab (ages 8 to 10)
Jan
29
3:45 PM15:45

Afterschool Experiences: Invention Lab (ages 8 to 10)

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Engineering and imagination combine as we embark on multiple building projects. Make a Rube Goldberg machine, a cardboard automaton, simple robots, and more as you harness the power of simple machines and the engineering process.

This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Mondays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from January 29 to March 4: 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/4. There is no class on February 19th (school break).

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Afterschool Experiences: Mighty Marine Biologists: Ages 8-10
Nov
13
3:45 PM15:45

Afterschool Experiences: Mighty Marine Biologists: Ages 8-10

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Mighty Marine Biologists: Ages 8-10

Monday, November 13 - Monday, December 18 (Mondays/ Weekly)

Calling all kid scientists to Casco Bay! Study seastars, seaweed, and hermit crabs that call this land home. Make a watershed model, meet a life-sized inflatable humpback whale, and explore dam building and removal as we learn ways to care for our neighborhood creatures.

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Afterschool Experiences: Superhero Scientists: Ages 8-10
Sep
25
3:45 PM15:45

Afterschool Experiences: Superhero Scientists: Ages 8-10

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Superhero Scientists: Ages 8-10

Monday, September 25 - Monday, November 6 (Mondays/ Weekly)

Harness the power of science to explore our planet and how we can protect it. Conduct a chemistry experiment to test water for nitrogen, use super powers of observation to discover climate patterns, and get ready to engineer as we use biomimicry to design a habitat to save species threatened by climate change. Take on a superhero persona and discover that each of us has the power to help the planet!

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