Party explorations
for 6 - 12 year olds

Polymer Potpourri
Polymers are all around us - even in our
birthday balloons! Party guests will create
a polymer slime and examine its
characteristics and will use heat
to change polymers into shrinky-dinks.
They'll be able to take home these polymer
party favors!

Of Beaks and Bugs
How do the sizes and shapes of animals'
bodies help them survive? Party guests
will test out a variety of imitation beaks
as they determine which type is best suited
to which bird. Children will also explore
the preferences of mealworms
as they observe their movement through
a maze of the children's own design.

Colorful Kaleidoscopes
Party guests will explore lines, angles,
and symmetry in a variety of designs
they create. Then they will build
their own kaleidoscopes to take home.
How does the angle of the mirrors
affect the quantity of images?
What do these beautiful patterns
remind you of?

Spin and Roll
This party will have guests' heads spinning!
Children will feel the forces that act upon them
as they spin and will explore a variety
of spinning toys. What factors affect the length
of time a top will spin? Guests also will 
explore rolling, as they send a variety
of objects down a ramp.

Party explorations
for 13 - 101 year olds

Freeze! Extreme Science
Explore the properties of solids, liquids
and gases in this extreme science program.
Party guests will investigate liquid nitrogen,
a unique material created at -321 degrees
Fahrenheit, as it shatters flowers, obliterates racquet balls and collapses balloons filled
with air. The grand finale will be ice cream made with liquid nitrogen to go with the birthday cake.

Shocking Discoveries
Your party guests will be shocked at how
unique your party is when they encounter
the Van de Graaff electricity generator!
You’ll explore static electricity and electric
current in this “hair-raising” program full
of empowering hands-on experiments.

You Can Leave Your Hat On
This isn’t your average tea party!
Party guests will explore unusual materials,
from newsprint to aluminum can flowers,
and create glamorous, original hats to wear.
You’ll get inspiration from famous hats
in art history, but the design and fabrication
is up to you! Show off your style!

Good Vibrations
Catch a wave... a sound wave, that is!
Party guests will experiment with vibrations
to learn how sound is produced and how
it travels through various materials.
Guests will use vibrating tubes to play you
"Happy Birthday!"