Explore the principles of motion, energy, forces, and more through engaging experiments and creative challenges. Whether you’re building rockets or creating chain reactions, you’ll see how physics is all around us in surprising and exciting ways.
What We’ll Explore:
- Laws of Motion: Discover Newton’s laws of motion through experiments
- Forces in Action: Learn about gravity, friction, and air resistance
- Energy Everywhere: Experiment with kinetic and potential energy
- Waves and Sound: Explore sound waves and vibrations through activities like building simple musical instruments
- Aerodynamics: Study impact of different airplane and parachute designs
Hands-On Activities:
Motion and Forces
- Egg Drop Challenge: Design and build contraptions to protect an egg from breaking when dropped from a height. Explore concepts of gravity, impact force, and momentum.
- Ramp Experiments: Build ramps with different surfaces and angles to study friction and the effect of slope on speed.
Energy
- Solar Ovens: Use aluminum foil, a cardboard box, and plastic wrap to build a solar oven and learn about energy from the sun.
- Wind Turbines: Design and build small wind turbines to understand how wind energy is converted into mechanical energy.
- Catapults: Create a working catapult and test its range.
Waves and Sound
- Water Bottle Xylophone: Fill water bottles with different amounts of liquid and tap them to explore sound vibrations and pitch.
Air and Aerodynamics
- Paper Airplane Experiment: Test different paper airplane designs to study aerodynamics, drag, and lift.
- Parachute Drop: Design and test parachutes using string, plastic bags, and weights to explore air resistance.
Why Join?
This class makes physics exciting and accessible, showing kids how science applies to the world around them. With fun experiments and creative problem-solving, participants will develop a deeper understanding of key concepts and a love for learning.
Join us to unlock the secrets of motion, energy, and forces—and have a blast doing it!