Grades 7-8

Learn about clouds and how they form, then create a model of various clouds at their specific altitudes.

Participants will be introduced to coding and will give instructions to program a car.

A virtual interview with a scientist where volunteers lead an interactive session about themselves, their interest in science, their career path, etc.

Students will learn the difference between animal and plant cells and obtain an understanding of the major organelles by conducting a scavenger hunt.

Students will learn about the current topic of self-driving cars and use it as a platform to learn about the big ideas behind computational thinking.

This workshop explores water quality and the importance of healthy water systems.

In this workshop, students will learn about and experience the challenges of Space Exploration using un-manned space probes, with specific focus on exploring Mars.

Students obtain a fundamental understanding of food chains, food webs, dominant and keystone species by conducting an owl pellet dissection, engaging in a food chain activity and building their own bird feeder.

Students will learn about optimizing area and how to estimate and calculate the volume of quadrilaterals and 3D prisms.

Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the energy pyramid, while creating a butterfly biodiversity mobile.

Students are introduced to DNA, base pairs and genes and learn the anatomy of DNA by building a DNA beaded bracelet and extracting DNA from bananas.

Explore binary code and how computers use it to store information.

Learn media literacy skills including the recognition of "fake news", critically analyze sources of information, and understand the impact of science communication on our lives