Moon Sand

• Description: Our educational program staff will lead your class through an experiment with moon sand. Each student will make moon sand with the materials they have at home. After making moon sand, the staff will take the students through an experiment with the moon sand that aligns with your grade level standards.

• Duration: 20-45 minutes depending on the grade level and depth

• Materials needed:

  • • 1 cups all-purpose flour (not gluten free)

    • 1/8 cup baby oil or another oil that you'd prefer

    • A Ziploc gallon bag

• SC Education Standard:

  • • Kindergarten:

      • K.P.4A.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare the qualitative properties of objects (such as size, shape, color, texture, weight, flexibility, attraction to magnets, or ability to sink or float) and classify objects based on similar properties

Static Electricity Balloons

• Description: Our educational program staff will lead your class through a grade level appropriate discussion on electricity and being safe around electricity. Student will make a model to show how static electricity works to understand the need to be safe around electricity in their home, school and neighborhood.

• Duration: 20-45 minutes depending on the grade level and depth

• Materials needed:

  • • Tissue paper or tissues or toilet paper or a paper towel

    • A balloon

    • A pen or a marker

    • Scissors (kid friendly if you have them)

    • Tape

    • Piece of paper

• SC Education Standard:

  • • Kindergarten:

      • K.P.4A.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare the qualitative properties of objects (such as size, shape, color, texture, weight, flexibility, attraction to magnets, or ability to sink or float) and classify objects based on similar properties

Water Filter

• Description: Our educational program staff will lead your class through a grade level appropriate discussion on water quality, how water is delivered to their home and the water cycle. Then students will make a water filter and experiment with materials to determine which items are better for filtration.

• Duration: 30-60 minutes depending on the grade level and depth

• Materials needed:

  • • A plastic bottle, empty and clean (may be a two liter or smaller)

    • Utility knife or scissors (make sure a parent comes to the video to help you our with this part)

    • Dirty water (make your own with stuff like coffee grounds, dirt, crunched-up old leaves, cooking oil, or tiny pieces of foam)

    • Measuring cup

    • Spoon

    • Pencil and paper

    • Any of the following filter materials as you can get: activated charcoal (available in the fish section at a pet store), gravel, rocks, pebbles, sand (coarse and / or fine), cotton balls

    • Coffee filter (A bandanna, old sock, napkin, or paper towel works too!)

• SC Education Standard:

  • • Kindergarten:

      • K.P.4A.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare the qualitative properties of objects (such as size, shape, color, texture, weight, flexibility, attraction to magnets, or ability to sink or float) and classify objects based on similar properties

      • K.P.4A.3 Conduct structured investigations to answer questions about which materials have the properties that are best suited to solve a problem or need.

Solar Oven

• Description: Our educational program staff will lead your class through a grade level appropriate discussion on the sun, heat transfer, energy sources and how electricity is produced. Then students will make a solar oven and experiment with the solar oven to determine best placement and time of day to harness the energy from the sun.

• Duration: 30-60 minutes depending on the grade level and depth

• Materials needed:

  • • Shoe box with lid (or some kind of box)

    • Scissors

    • Roll of aluminum foil

    • Thick clear plastic sheet, plastic wrap or freezer zip lock bag

    • Clear tape

    • Thin wire, stick or pencil

• SC Education Standard:

  • • Kindergarten

      • K.P.4A.2 Develop and use models to describe and compare the properties of different materials (including wood, plastic, metal, cloth, and paper) and classify materials by their observable properties, by their uses, and by whether they are natural or human-made.

• Take an inside look at what it is like to be a line technician for an electric company.

• Duration: 20-30 minutes depending on the grade level and depth

• SC Education Standard:

  • Kindergarten

    • K.E.3 Explain why people have jobs, and describe the economic benefits for self and community.