Extend your students' learning experience with a two-hour, one-day workshop or a series of multiple day workshops that we tailor to meet the needs of your pacing calendar and enrich the New York City Science Scope and Sequence. Theme–related exhibit investigations are incorporated to enhance each science concept.

Session: 2 – 2 1/2 hours (maximum: 32 children)
Daily Fee: $550 per group (includes admission fees)

Topics include but are not limited to:

Marvelous Machines

Grade 6 – NYC Unit 1
Explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy as applied to simple or complex machines. Design and build your own roller coasters or Rube Goldberg machine.

Diversity of Life

Grade 5 – NYC Unit 4
Grade 6 – NYC Unit 3, Unit 4
What makes something “alive” and what are the conditions that support life? Explore the strange world of real microbes under a microscope and classify living things in their biomes. Create your own closed “ecosystem” that you can take home.

Wiring a House

Grade 7 – NYC Unit 2
Become an electrical engineer and design and “wire” your own model house. Discover the interaction between matter and energy and how electric current moves through conductors to “power” different appliances in your home.

Water Works

Grade 4 – NYC Unit 3
Learn the stages of the water cycle and create a model of a watershed that illustrates the natural processes by which water is recycled on earth. Investigate how pollutants can be absorbed into bodies of water and the importance of clean water.

Astronomy Adventures

Grade 8 – NYC Unit 3
Explore the phases of the Moon and how the relationship between the Sun and Earth affects our seasons. Observe celestial objects including the constellations and their mythology.

Rockin’ Rockets

Grade 8 – NYC Unit 2
It really is rocket science! Apply Newton’s Laws of Motion to design, build and launch your own rocket. Experiment with the different factors that affect the flight of a rocket.