2011 SUMMER SCHEDULE - JUNE 27 TO JULY 29
THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF PUENTE HILLS MALL, 16949 WEDGEWORTH DRIVE
YOUTH SCIENCE CENTER
16949 WEDGEWORTH DRIVE
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745
Tax ID 95-2273238 The YSC is a 501( c)3 nonprofit educational organization
Have Questions? Phone the YSC at (626) 854-9825 or email ysc@youthsciencecenter.org
First Session 8:30 - 10:00 AM
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Date
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Class | Class Title | Subject | Grade | Room | Member | Non-Member |
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June 27 - July 1
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1 | Fly, Fly Away | Flight | k-1 | 7 | $55 | $65 |
| 2 | Math Munchies | Mathematics | 1-2 | 4 | $55 | $65 | |
| 3 | Digging Up Dinosaurs (Closed) | Dinosaurs | 2-3 | 13 | $55 | $65 | |
| 4 | Motor Mania | Motors, Electricity | 2-6 | 10 | $65 | $75 | |
| 5 | I Need My Space | Space Exploration | 3-4 | 2 | $55 | $65 | |
| 6 | It's Electrical, It's magnetic, It's reactive It's Physical. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Physics, Chemistry | 4-5 | 5 | $95 | $105 | |
| 7 | Dissectors Only! This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Dissection | 4-5 | 6 | $95 | $105 | |
| 8 | Rocket Scientists | Rocketry | 5-6 | 1 | $75 | $85 | |
| 9 | Blogs and Glogs. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Computers | 6-8 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
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July 5 - July 8 |
20 | My Working Body – Its Systems | Anatomy | k-1 | 7 | $50 | $60 |
| 21 | Beginning Mandarin Chinese. This class meets July 5 – 29. | Mandarin Chinese language | k-1 | 3 | $100 | $110 | |
| 22 | Junior Rocketeers | Rocketry | 2-3 | 1 | $60 | $70 | |
| 23 | Fun with Electricity | Electricity | 2-3 | 11 | $50 | $60 | |
| 24 | Art Smart | Art | 2-3 | 13 | $50 | $60 | |
| 25 | Nature Power | Nature, Physics | 2-6 | 10 | $50 | $60 | |
| 26 | I Need My Space | Space Exploration | 3-4 | 2 | $50 | $60 | |
| 27 | Trip the Light Fantastic | Light | 3-4 | 4 | $50 | $60 | |
| 28 | Spin, Spin Around-Tops Go ‘Round | Physics | 4-5 | 5 | $50 | $60 | |
| No Class July 4 | 29 | Artistic Advanced Photoshop. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Computers | 6-8 | 9 | $80 | $90 |
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July 11 - July 15
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44 | The Science of Sound | Physics | k-1 | 7 | $55 | $65 |
| 45 | Energize Me | Energy | 1-2 | 4 | $55 | $65 | |
| 46 | Fun With Wood | Carpentry | 2-3 | 11 | $55 | $65 | |
| 47 | Academy of Bubbleology | Physics | 2-3 | 13 | $55 | $65 | |
| 48 | Way Out Astronomy | Astronomy | 3-5 | 1 | $55 | $65 | |
| 49 | Magic Multipliers | Mathematics | 3-6 | 10 | $50 | $60 | |
| 50 | Oceans Alive | Oceanography | 4-5 | 2 | $60 | $70 | |
| 51 | All Things that Go. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Physics | 4-5 | 6 | $100 | $110 | |
| 52 | Flash Animation. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Computers | 4-5 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
| 53 | Earth’s Hydrosphere. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry | 6-8 | 5 | $90 | $100 | |
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July 18 - July 22
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68 | Soda Bottle Science | Physics, Chemistry | K-1 | 6 | $55 | $65 |
| 69 | Crazy About Chemistry | Chemistry | 2-3 | 13 | $60 | $70 | |
| 70 | Invention Convention | Inventions | 2-6 | 10 | $60 | $70 | |
| 71 | Let’s Get Physical | Physics | 3-4 | 4 | $55 | $65 | |
| 72 | Website Design. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Computers | 4-5 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
| 73 | The Main Attraction | Physics | 4-5 | 2 | $60 | $70 | |
| 74 | Kitchen Chemistry – Reaction Ready. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Chemistry | 6-8 | 5 | $90 | $100 | |
| 75 | Newton’s Big Three. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Physics | 6-8 | 11 | $100 | $110 | |
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July 25 - July 29
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86 | Galileo’s World | Astronomy | k-1 | 7 | $55 | $65 |
| 87 | Beam Me Up | Light | 2-3 | 11 | $60 | $70 | |
| 88 | Can You Dig It? | Paleontology | 2-3 | 2 | $60 | $70 | |
| 89 | Airborne Math | Mathematics, Physics | 3-6 | 10 | $55 | $65 | |
| 90 | Space Camp. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Computers | 4-5 | 4 | $95 | $105 | |
| 91 | Tabletop Catapult Sketch Up. This is a double length class ending at 11:45. | Computers | 4-5 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
| 92 | Crime Lab. This is a double length class ending at 11:45 | Criminology | 6-8 | 6 | $95 | $105 |
Second Session 10:15 - 11:45 AM
| Date | Class | Class Title | Subject | Grade | Room | Member | Non-Member |
| June 27 - July 1 | 10 | Digging Up Dinosaurs | Dinosaurs | k-1 | 13 | $55 | $65 |
| 11 | Wings and Webs | Biology | 1-2 | 4 | $55 | $65 | |
| 12 | Fly, Fly Away (Closed) | Flight | 2-3 | 7 | $55 | $65 | |
| 13 | Circuit Cities | Electricity | 2-6 | 10 | $65 | $75 | |
| 14 | Lift Off to Rocketry | Rocketry | 4-5 | 1 | $70 | $80 | |
| 15 | I Need My Space | Space Exploration | 5-8 | 2 | $55 | $65 | |
| July 5 - July 8 | 30 | Art Smart (Closed) | Art | k-1 | 13 | $50 | $60 |
| 31 | My Working Body – Its Systems | Anatomy | 2-3 | 7 | $50 | $60 | |
| 32 | Fun With Electricity (Closed) | Electricity | 2-3 | 11 | $50 | $60 | |
| 33 | Beginning Mandarin Chinese. This class meets July 5 – 29 | Mandarin Chinese Language (4 week class) | 2-3 | 2 | $100 | $110 | |
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Inventor's Lab |
Inventions | 2-6 | 10 | $50 | $60 | |
| 35 | Science tricks and Trivia | General Science | 3-4 | 4 | $50 | $60 | |
| 36 | Lift Off to Rocketry | Rocketry | 4-5 | 1 | $60 | $70 | |
| 37 | I Need My Space | Space Exploration | 5-6 | 2 | $50 | $60 | |
| No Class July 4 | 38 | Spin, Spin Around-Tops Go ‘Round | Physics | 6-8 | 5 | $50 | $60 |
| July 11 - July 15 | 54 | Oceans Alive (Closed) | Oceanography | k-1 | 2 | $60 | $70 |
| 55 | Academy of Bubbleology | Physics | k-1 | 13 | $55 | $65 | |
| 56 | The Science of Sound | Physics | 2-3 | 7 | $55 | $65 | |
| 57 | Fun With Wood | Carpentry | 2-3 | 11 | $55 | $65 | |
| 58 | Contraption Carnival | Physics | 2-6 | 10 | $55 | $65 | |
| 59 | Kitchen Chemistry | Chemistry | 3-4 | 4 | $60 | $70 | |
| 60 | Way Out Astronomy | Astronomy | 5-8 | 1 | $55 | $65 | |
| July 18 - July 22 | 76 | The Main Attraction | Physics | k-1 | 2 | $60 | $70 |
| 77 | Crazy About Chemistry | Chemistry | k-1 | 13 | $60 | $70 | |
| 78 | Math Munchies | Mathematics | 1-2 | 4 | $55 | $65 | |
| 79 | Soda Bottle Science | Physics, Chemistry | 2-3 | 6 | $55 | $65 | |
| 80 | More Contraption Carnival | Physics | 2-6 | 10 | $55 | $65 | |
| July 25 - July 29 | 93 | Beam Me Up | Light | k-1 | 11 | $60 | $70 |
| 94 | Galileo’s World | Astronomy | 2-3 | 7 | $55 | $65 | |
| 95 | Motor Mania | Motors, Electricity | 2-6 | 10 | $65 | $75 | |
| 96 | Can You Dig It? | Paleontology | 4-5 | 2 | $60 | $70 |
Third Session 12:30 - 3:45 PM. Recess is 2:00 - 2:15 PM
| Date | Class | Class Title | Subject | Grade | Room | Member | Non-Member |
| June 27 - July 1 | 16 | Can We Build it? | Architecture | k-1 | 7 | $90 | $100 |
| 17 | Feel The Force | Physics | 2-3 | 10 | $90 | $100 | |
| 18 | Blogs and Glogs | Computers | 4-5 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
| 19 | Dissectors Only! | Dissection | 6-8 | 6 | $95 | $105 | |
| July 5 - July 8 | 39 | Be a Weather Wizard | Weather | k-1 | 7 | $75 | $85 |
| 40 | Meteorolgy Madness | Meteorology | 2-3 | 10 | $75 | $85 | |
| 41 | Artistic Advanced Photoshop | Computers | 4-5 | 9 | $80 | $90 | |
| 42 | Become an Electronics Technician | Electronics | 4-6 | 11 | $80 | $90 | |
| No Class July 4 | 43 | Krazy NXT Robotics | Computers | 6-8 | 4 | $80 | $90 |
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July 11 - July 15 |
61 | The Circle of Life | Biology | k-1 | 7 | $90 | $100 |
| 62 | Growing Through Biomes | Biomes And Plants | 2-3 | 10 | $90 | $100 | |
| 63 | Oceans Alive. This class ends at 2:00 | Oceanography | 2-3 | 2 | $60 | $70 | |
| 64 | Earth’s Hydroshpere | Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry | 4-5 | 5 | $90 | $100 | |
| 65 | Fun With Wood (Closed) | Carpentry | 4-6 | 11 | $95 | $105 | |
| 66 | All Things that Go | Physics | 6-8 | 6 | $100 | $110 | |
| 67 | Flash Animation | Computers | 6-8 | 10 | $95 | $105 | |
| July 18 - July 22 | 81 | Icy And Oozy Science | Physics | k-1 | 6 | $90 | $100 |
| 82 | The Main Attraction. This class ends at 2:00 | Physics | 2-3 | 2 | $60 | $70 | |
| 83 | Growing Through Biomes | Biomes And Plants | 2-3 | 10 | $90 | $100 | |
| 84 | Newton’s Big Three | Physics | 4-5 | 11 | $100 | $110 | |
| 85 | Website Design | Computers | 6-8 | 9 | $95 | $105 | |
| July 25 - July 28 | 97 | Can You Dig It? This class ends at 2:00 | Paleontology | k-1 | 2 | $55 | $65 |
| 98 | Space The Not So Final Frontier | Astronomy | k-1 | 7 | $75 | $85 | |
| 99 | Soaring Through The Solar System | Astronomy | 2-3 | 10 | $75 | $85 | |
| 100 | Go Green – NXT Robotic City | Computers | 3-4 | 4 | $80 | $90 | |
| 101 | Crime Lab | Criminology | 4-5 | 6 | $75 | $85 | |
| No 12:30 Classes July 29 | 102 | Tabletop Catapult Sketch Up | Computers | 6-8 | 9 | $80 | $90 |
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YOUTH SCIENCE CENTER – SUMMER 2011 – CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Academy of Bubbleology#47, 55 - Instr. Leann Legind. Burst into the world of “bubbleology”. Study surfacetension. Learn about chemistry when making "Official BubbleologistSolution"and fun-shaped bubble wands. See why bubbles are round, why they float, stretch & pop. Get ready to be put into a "Human-sized Bubble" on Friday! Airborne Math. #89 - Instr. Robert Smith. Use geometry and measurement to construct flying saucers, equilateral planes and kites. All Things that Go #51, 66- Instr. Jennifer Collins. Have you ever wondered how things that move in our universe "go”? We will use our knowledge to build gliders, make race cars and even hot air balloons! Come and discover the wonders of flight, the speed of cars and how all things go! Please bring a can or a jar with a lid to class on Monday. Artistic Advanced Photoshop#29, 41 - Inst. Paul Burns. Make and take your beautiful work of art. We will use this professional software to learn masking, filters, layers, blend modes, liquefy, vanishing point, and vector-based type making your photos into masterpiece works of art. This is a double length class. Art Smart#24, 30 - Instr. Leann Legind. Explore the artistic forms and mediums of the visual arts such as clay, watercolor, pastels, chalk, pencil, torn paper while creating like the great masters- Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and more! Beam Me Up#87, 93 - Instr. Leann Legind. Find out how fast light travels. Use flashlights to explore light principles. Create a real rainbow out of water in the classroom. See an actual beam of light. Make a kaleidoscope and a periscope and more.You'll have a brilliant time! Bring 2 one quart empty paper milk cartons to class on Monday. Be a Weather Wizard#39 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Learn all about the weather! We have some crazy weather in California, but what about other parts of the world? Make rain, a cloud and a tornado. Experiment with updraft and sea breeze. Make a paper hydrometer to indicate humidity. Conjure up a tornado and weave a rainbow. Become an Electronics Technician#42 - Instr. Lyle Majeska. Learn the basics of electronics and soldering. Build a Robot with blinking eyes. Continuing students will make advanced projects. Beginning Mandarin Chinese #21 - Instr. Christina Hsu. Students will be immersed in the Chinese language through nursery rhymes, singing, story reading and storytelling. Students will learn daily Chinese language through arts and crafts and game activities. This class is for students entering grades k-1. Beginning Mandarin Chinese #33 - Instr. Christina Hsu. Students will learn daily conversational Chinese with a focus on speaking and listening. Students will be immersed in the Chinese language through the use of storytelling, story reading, Total Physical Response activities and hands-on activities. This class is for students entering grades 2-3. Blogs and Glogs# 9, 18 - Instr. Jennifer Collins. Come learn how to express yourself . We will be exploring the world of digital technology and expression. Learn how to make a glog and a learn how to create your own blog! This is a double length class. Can We Build It? A Problem Solving Class. #16 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Using the scientific method as our base, we will tackle problems having to do with building with different materials. You will be challenged individually and in teams to complete tasks. Make a tumbling tower. Experiment with height and weight. Can you dig it? #88, 96, 97 - Instr. Pat Smith. Let’s go back in time to discover creatures that lived in the Jurassic Age. Were dinosaurs birds or lizards? How did they die? As paleontologists, you will create casts and imprints from replica fossils. Put together wood “bones” of a dinosaur. We will even go on a simulated fossil dig! Circuit Cities.#13 - Instr. Robert Smith. Use batteries and bulbs in circuit boards, a telegraph machine, switches and a mini-city. Contraption Carnival. #58 - Instr. Robert Smith. Make the fastest roller car, the best parachute, a marble roller coaster and creative boats. Crazy about Chemistry #69, 77 - Instr. Leann Legind. Make a safe home-made chemistry set that you can bring home. Learn to change gooey liquid into glue. Discover "holes" is water. Find out the secret of bubble gum. Experiment with safe mystery powders. Create a soda geyser. Please bring a shoe box to class on Monday. Crime Lab#92,101 - Instr. Andrea Brown. Come be a sleuth. Be a CSI (Crime Scene Investigator). Test various powders, liquids and other substances for reactions to chemicals. Test to see if something is real blood. Work with lifting fingerprints. Investigate with paper chromatography and ink for handwriting samples. Study hair and fibers to see differences /likenesses. Use many forensic science tools such as microscopes, hand lenses and fingerprinting lift kits. Solve mini crimes and build up skills to solve a crime in a mock crime scene. Observe “evidence at the scene”. Sometime during the week we will have a guest speaker. Make a wanted poster and show your mug shot and disguise. This is a double length class. Digging Up Dinosaurs! #3, 10 - Instr. Leann Legind. Explore the world of dinosaurs as you go on a fossil hunt, put together a model dinosaur skeleton, excavate your very own fossil, and more! You'll have a "roarin" good time! Dissectors Only!#7, 19 - Instr. Paul Burns. This class is not for the squeamish. We will do 5 dissections in 5 days! We will learn how to safely observe and open and compare animals to us. Depending on availability we dissect a squid, cow's eye, frog, earthworm, grasshopper, fish, and/or shark. This is a double length class. Earth’s Hydrosphere#53, 64 - Instr. Andrea Brown. Conduct experiments with fresh water and saltwater. Observe “once-living” specimens from the ocean. Experiments will be conducted to learn how the water cycle is connected to weather and also investigate how the water cycle happens with a pot of water on a hot plate. We will investigate convection currents. We will use an "ice balloon"(a ball of ice) to see how different substances cause the "ice balloon" to react differently on our last day of class. This is a double length class. Energize Me #45 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. Make a pinwheel wind turbine, go "coal" mining in a chocolate chip cookie, eat solar s'mores you make yourself as you learn about the force that fuels the Earth: energy! Feel the Force!#17 – Instr. Kim Hinterleitner. Learn about how the Forces of Energy and Motion can make things move with a variety of hands-on activities and experiments. Use the forces of gravity to build the fastest ramps and the longest roller coaster you can. Make your own gravity racer and challenge your classmates to a race. Feel the magic force of magnetism and create your own magnetic maze, and use the power of Static Electricity to bend water and light a bulb. Flash Animation #52, 67 – Instr. Paul Burns. Create clip art in Fireworks and Flash. Create animations to wow your family, friends, and the world when you post them on the web. See how your animations make a website more fun and dynamic. This is a double length class. Fly, Fly, Away #1, 12 - Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Investigate all the things that can fly. Make simple paper rockets and whirligigs. Create a hot Air Balloon as well as many other inventions of flight. Fun with Electricity #23, 32 – Instr. Lyle Majeska. Learn what Electricity is and how it moves. Build simple circuits that light up and make sound. Make a Flashlight and Steady-Hand Game to take home. Fun with Wood#46, 57, 65 - Instr. Lyle Majeska. Learn to work with wood using hand tools - measure, cut, sand, nail and glue. Make wooden toys, puzzles and even a bird feeder or bug house. Class #65 will also make a real ball point pen Galileo’s World#86, 94 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. See space the way Galileo did. Put together a Galileoscope and see the moon as he did. Learn how to chart the phases of the moon and Venus. Learn about what all those old guys thought was out there and what really is out there. Go Green - NXT Robotic City#100 - Instr. Kim Bach. You will work in pairs to go through a series of training exercises to prepare you to guide your robot in solving real-world engineering challenges related to renewable energy. During the training you might build a power plant, a wind turbine and a dam. After training, you will go on a simulated mission to solve a real-world problem. Growing Through the biomes#62, 83 – Instr. Joy Custodio. Are you interested in learning more about the plants and habitats in the different biomes? Join Miss Custodio through the different biomes of the world as she takes a 10-day journey through the Grasslands, Deserts, Rainforests, Wetlands, and Oceans. You will discover the natural habitats of various plants and animals through exciting and engaging experiments and projects. There will be different activities the second week so sign up for both weeks! Icy and Oozy Science#81 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Be amazed with the cool things you can do with ice! Do experiment after experiment with simple frozen water. Make frost and Ice Lollies. Discover which kind of ice is softer. Make slime, foam, flubber, playdough, and gunk. Even experiment with a non-Newtonian fluid! Mix up a mess of fun! I Need My Space!#5, 15, 26, 37 - Instr. Pam Leestma. Enjoy daily “make and take” activities to learn more about robotics, microgravity, star gazing, Mars, living and working in the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. There will be new activities the week of July 5 so sign up for both weeks to enjoy all the topics listed! Invention Convention#70 - Instr. Robert Smith. Make helicopters, super siphons, Newton’s cradle, gliders, mini-microscopes, compasses. Do gravity experiments. Inventor’s Lab#34 - Instr. Robert Smith. Replicate inventions such as an electroscope, telegraph, telephone and light bulb. It’s Electrical, It's Magnetic, It’s Reactive, It’s Physical#6 - Instr. Andrea Brown. Learn the ins and outs of electricity and magnetism, building various types of circuits, an electromagnet and a compass. Experiment with edible and non-edible chemical reactions. We will investigate with various substances to see if they are acids or bases. We will make a couple different kinds of crystals. Physical and chemical changes will appear before your eyes. This a double length class. Junior Rocketeers#22 - Instr. Judy Dominguez. Build from a kit, launch, recover and take home a model rocket powered by solid rocket fuel. Learn the steps in the launch of the Space Shuttle in time for the final launch in July. Find out how Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion work in space and the field of rocketry. Kitchen Chemistry #59 - Instr.Teddy Sachs. If you take Kitchen Chemistry, your kitchen will be transformed into a laboratory worthy of a mad scientist as you make startling discoveries about how cabbage can detect acid, how bacteria makes yogurt, how decomposed sugar turns to caramel, and how much water a Twinkee can hold. Then, after a long day at the lab, you can relax and eat your results: soup, biscuits, pretzels, cupcakes, or cookies. Kitchen Chemistry-Reaction Ready#74 - Instr. Andrea Brown. Come be a chemist. Experiment as a chemist does in a lab. Students will conduct experiments to show endo and exothermic reactions. Also experiment with various kitchen chemicals (non-hazardous) to better understand chemical changes. Physical changes will be investigated and experimented with. We will do some experimenting with acids and bases. Krazy NXT Robotics#43 - Instr. Kim Bach. Create the smartest, strongest and most advanced LEGO® robot ever, with the new NXT Intelligent Brick, your robot's brain. You will work in pairs to create and program unique robots with light sensors, sound sensors and touch sensors. The robot’s ultrasonic "eyes" measure distance and movement. Let’s Get Physical#71 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. If you take Let's Get Physical, you'll discover answers to questions like: Is it possible to blow up a balloon without actually blowing into it? What is inside coins? Can a magnet ever be "turned off"? Do toilets always flush in the same direction? Can a swimming pool be cleaned with just the breath of one person? Discover the answers to all these questions and more if you take Let's Get Physical! Lift Off to Rocketry #14, 36 - Instr. Judy Dominguez. Build from a kit, launch, recover and take home a model rocket powered by solid rocket fuel. Learn the steps in the launch of the Space Shuttle in time for the final launch in July. Find out how Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion work in space and the field of rocketry. Magic Multipliers#49 - Instr. Robert Smith. Make and use Napier’s Bones, and an abacus. Do mental math, powers, factorials, bases and probability. Math Munchies#2, 78 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. Eat your way through a math lesson a day! Estimate how many bites there are in an Eskimo Pie. Calculate which charm is the luckiest. Postulate with popcorn and make peanut predictions. Improve your mathematical skills as you eat. Join this class to cook up and count up some delicious treats. Meteorology Madness# 40 - Instr. Joy Custodio. Would you like to learn about the weather? Learn about it through several fun experiments. Warm Fronts, Cold Fronts, Barometers…Oh My!!! Fog, Clouds, Tornadoes…Oh My!!! Join Miss Custodio in a journey through the magnificent adventures in meteorology. More Contraption Carnival #80 - Instr. Robert Smith. Create the tallest tower, the strongest bridge, unusual pendulums, and gyrating gyroscopes. Motor Mania#4, 95 - Instr. Robert Smith. Make stroboscopes, retinal illusions, motor boats and other motor activities. My Working Body – Its Systems#20, 31 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. We move, breathe, think, and eat, but do we understand any of it? Through fun activities, projects and experiments learn about the systems inside of you. Understand what’s under your skin. Get a glossary of new words and charts to keep that will help you throughout your education. Newton's Big Three#75 , 84- Instr. Jennifer Collins. Learn about Sir Issac Newton and his three laws of motion. Then build and race your own Newton Scooter! This is a double length class. Nature Power #25 - Instr. Robert Smith. Make mini-boats, soapy science, sundials, wind chimes, thermometers & sun-prints. Oceans Alive#50, 54, 63 - Instr. Pat Smith. Calling all marine biologists to study lifestyles of the wet & sandy! Learn about some of the creatures who make their homes at the edge of the sea. Make and take models of sea anemones, jellyfish, coral, oysters, sea stars, sea urchins and crabs as we learn about their amazing structures! Label and take real sea shells to begin your conchological collection. Ocean party on Friday! Rockets Scientists #8 – Instr. Judy Dominguez. Build from a kit, launch, recover and take home a model rocket powered by solid rocket fuel. Learn the steps in the launch of the Space Shuttle in time for the final launch in July. Find out how Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion work in space and the field of rocketry. Science Tricks and Trivia#35 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. Hold up 100 pounds with just one hand! Learn to whip the tablecloth out from under the dinner dishes. Turn a plastic comb into a magic wand. Learn how a single egg can support a 200 pound person. Sound incredible? Try this class and see for yourself. Soaring Through the Solar System#99 - Instr. Joy Custodio. Come and find out about Earth and other planets in our galaxy! Join Miss Custodio on a trip outside planet Earth and into the wonders of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and the other Planets in our Solar System. Soda Bottle Science#68, 79 - Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Soda bottles aren't only recyclable, they're the building blocks for cool experiments. You’ll be amazed with all the things you can do with a 2 liter bottle! Have fun and learn! Space Camp. #90 - Instr. Kim Bach. Simulate a space mission. You will work in pairs to go through a series of training exercises to prepare you for your space mission. Use Lego NXT robotics to simulate traveling to another planet where you will plant a flag, and then complete a series of tasks on this planet. This is a double length class. Space: The Not So Final Frontier #98 - Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Go where few men have gone before. Make real and imaginary planets. Learn new space words used by scientists. Understand concepts about outer space. Spin, Spin Around-Tops Go ‘Round #28, 38 - Instr. Andrea Brown. Explore the physics behind a spinning top. Students will investigate the motion of the tops and try to replicate the movement. Make your own tops and have competitions of fastest spinning, longest spinning, and most creative. Use everyday objects to make your own tops. Discussions will be held about what cultures use tops. Learn to make tops based on your prior experience from the day before, each day building upon your knowledge. Come Spin with us! Tabletop Catapult Sketch Up! #91, 102 - Instr. Jennifer Collins. - use Google Sketch-up to create three-dimensional blueprints of a tabletop catapult, then build it! This is a double length class. The Circle of Life – Life Cycles #61 – Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Learn about life cycles using butterflies, frogs and chicks. Construct a “Circle of Life diagram for each of these animals. Search soil for life. Spin a food web. Compete in the Food Chain Challenge. Understand the concepts of producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores and more. The Main Attraction#73, 76, 82 - Instr. Pat Smith. Come get stuck on magnets and electricity in this class. Discover how different types of magnets attract (stick) and repel (push). Make and take a different magnetic toy or game each day. Get supercharged with electricity as we invent simple flashlights, electromagnets, and night lights with switches. Feel the electricity in the air!!! The Science of Sound #44, 56- Instr. Patrice Stanzione. Explore sound, how and why you hear things. Experiment with different sounds and understand decibels Make a musical instrument and learn to discriminate sound. Investigate whether sound travels better through a solid or a gas. Examine (hear and feel) sound vibration! Create a megaphone and discover how we make our voices louder and how we hear. Make shakers and other cool sound making instruments! Trip the Light Fantastic#27 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. Use mirrors to read messages and unlock secret codes, make your own kaleidoscope, use a prism as an eyepiece to explore light energy. Does it bend? Does light have color? Learn these answers and more as you become a light energy expert. Way Out Astronomy#48, 60 – Instr. Judy Dominguez. Imagine being able to step outside, on any given night, look up at the night sky and recognize the constellations the way most modern people can’t! In this, the International Year of Astronomy, visit YSC’s Starlab to learn about the Greek, Native American and Asian constellations. Go in YSC’s computer driven digital Starlab to explore the solar system, fly by the moon and fly out of the Milky Way and beyond. Learn how to read star maps in your backyard and take home a set of maps for the whole year, make and touch a comet, simulate cratering on the moons and touch a piece of the lightest material in the world, aerogel! Web Site Design #72, 85 - Instr. Paul Burns. Work in the cloud with WordPress to create your web page. More than just a blog we will learn all that WordPress has to offer. Work with multimedia to enhance your site making it dynamic and engaging and fun. This is a double length class. Wings & Webs#11 - Instr. Teddy Sachs. Discover the exciting characteristics of creepy, crawly critters. Capture creatures to live in your "insect condo." Investigate live crickets and all their charms as you learn. |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING YOUR CHILDREN FOR CLASSES
WHEN SHOULD I REGISTER?
*Registration is first come, first served. Register early to avoid disappointment. WHAT AGE MUST MY CHILD BE TO PARTICIPATE? *Grade level is listed on the class schedule. This is the grade your child will be entering in September, 2011. Preschool students must be 4 years old as of December, 2010 and must be registered for the school year beginning in September, 2011.
WHERE ARE CLASSES HELD?
Activities will be provided when the students have finished eating. There is no additional charge for this supervision.
Please allow 2 - 4 weeks for the class confirmation to be sent to you via e-mail to the address listed above. CANCELLATION POLICY If you must cancel your registration, notify us one week prior to the start of class IN WRITING. Mail your cancellation or change to P.O. Box 5723 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. You may also e-mail us at ysc@youthsciencecenter.org No cancellations can be accepted over the phone. After our summer session has begun, written cancellations will be accepted in room 8 or at the registration table on Mondays. A credit slip redeemable for any YSC class or YSC store purchase in the next year will be issued for the value of the canceled class minus a $20 per class processing fee. Credit slips will be mailed separately within three weeks. A refund will be issued only if the class is closed or canceled by YSC. Please allow 3 weeks for refunds to be processed. |
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YOUTH SCIENCE CENTER SUMMER 2011 APPLICATION FORM
Please print and mail to YSC, PO BOX 5723, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 (Please Print Clearly and Legibly. Please fill out the entire form.)
YSC Member?
****USE ANOTHER SHEET OF PAPER TO ENROLL IN MORE CLASSES***
I would like to become an annual YSC Member: (select one) Family $50 Sustaining $75 Business $100 Life $250 PARENT SIGNATURE REQUIRED:
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In order to provide the highest quality instruction at a reasonable cost, we use volunteer help assisting in the classroom, supervising in the museum and working as cashier during break time. Please fill out the volunteer help form.
Weeks I can help are: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 |