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How to Build a Storm: The Weather Show Lightning, twisters and hailoh my! This new show reveals the science of weather...to the extreme. Where does our weather come from, and what factors make it a sunny day or a blustery one? We'll make a cloud, explore thunder and lightning, and even create snow. We promise a stormy ending to this show as we demonstrate the power of a tornado.
Science concepts: water cycle, thermodynamics, air masses, and fronts.
The Human Body Come with us on a wild journey through The Human Body. We’ll discover how nutrients in the food we eat are digested and converted into the energy that keeps us on the move. We’ll learn how our muscles work, and what our blood actually accomplishes as it flows through our veins and arteries. Plus, there will be a special tribute to that duo that protects us from debilitating illness: Skin and mucous! Science concepts: body systems, digestion, circulation, and immune response
Hot and Cold
Great first time show!
Turn your students into molecules as we explore the
three states of matter. Make balloons shrink, bubbles
freeze and a rubber ball shatter by using liquid nitrogen
(N2). Students learn the everyday application of N2
in manufacturing, food production and medicine.
Science concepts: states of matter,
molecules, temperature
Chemistry
Kaboom! The chemistry show explores everything from
everyday chemistry to the chemical “detective”
work performed by laboratory scientists. Watch as we
use chemistry to turn water into gel, make a foam sculpture
(in less than a minute), and explode a hydrogen balloon.
Science concepts: physical/chemical
changes, acids and bases, polymers, combustion
Flight
Best done indoors with a high ceiling
From Leonardo da Vinci to the space shuttle, explore
the exciting history of flight. Investigate the Bernoulli
principle, and learn how airplane wings provide lift.
Mechanical birds, hot air balloons, and gliders and
even a rocket launch are used to demonstrate the forces
of flight.
Science concepts: air pressure, forces
of flight, aviation history
Life in Space
Developed in conjunction with NASA
The show begins with a bang as a rocket launches your
students into space! Once there students enter “astronaut
training” to explore the challenges of living
and working in space. Students become “satellites”
to communicate findings back to earth.
Science concepts: gravity, orbit, action-reaction
Motion and Machines
Requires a raised platform or stage
Roll, slide and spin! Investigate the basic physics
of motion in this interactive show. We’ll use
rubber balls, bricks and wooden blocks to introduce
Newton’s Laws of Motion. Then witness these laws
in action in a lever, pulley, and student-driven hover
car.
Science concepts: Newton’s Laws
of Motion, simple machines, friction
Electricity
Grades 2 - 8
Best performed in drier weather
Your students’ hair will stand on end as we unravel
the mysteries of electricity. Explore static and current
electricity. Watch as electricity travels through the
air to power fluorescent light bulbs - turning students
into a human “circuit.”
Science concepts: static and current
electricity, electrons, magnetism
Light and Color
Grades K-6
Requires an extremely dark room
What is light and where does it come from? We’ll
show you, and explain its many properties using a laser
and a 1000-watt light bulb. Light is bounced, separated
into different colors, and recombined to make white
light. Ultraviolet light is used to make fluorescent
objects (and members of the audience) glow in the dark.
Science concepts: properties of light,
light technology, visible spectrum |