Workshop on Wheels

Chemistry
Grades 3 – 8

Chemistry has never been so interesting! Students will discover substances with strange and surprising properties. They will explore the differences between chemical and physical changes while experimenting with film canister rockets, and at the end of the workshop they will create endothermic and exothermic reactions.

Energy Explorations*
Grades 3 – 7

Increase your students’ awareness of environmental sustainability through hands-on explorations with thermal houses and windmills. Discover more about energy consumption and conservation to prepare your students to be stewards of a more sustainable future.

*Developed with a grant from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF).

Engineering Design Process
Grades 2 – 8

During this workshop, students will confront challenges as they design and build. Utilizing the engineering design process (Think It. Build It. Test It … Do It Again!), your class will think like engineers and see the creative and dynamic sides of this important field.

Fossils Rock!
Grades K – 5

Let your students travel back in time using scientific inquiry to discover the world of dinosaurs. During this workshop, students will become paleontologists and dig for artifacts to learn how scientists study creatures that disappeared 65 million years ago.

Healthy Habits
Grades K – 5

Learn about the two key components to a healthy lifestyle: eating nutritious foods and getting enough exercise. Your students will learn how calories are used for energy with our calorie fountain and investigate the heart as a muscle by using our heart pumps.

Whimsical Weather
Grades K - 2

Students will use simple tools and techniques to measure atmospheric conditions and predict weather. Students will investigate objects that react to sunlight, take wind measurements and create their own barometer. 

Erosion vs. Weathering
Grades 3-5

During this workshop, students will discover earth’s nonliving resources such as water, air, rocks and soil. They will create their own landscape to investigate erosion, deposition and the weathering process. This will allow them to see how erosion and weathering are always working together to change the earth’s surface, and which landscape allows sediment to erode easily.

Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
Grades 6-8

During this workshop, we will discuss the composition and properties of the earth’s interior. Students will experiment and determine the properties of various rocks and minerals and identify their common and practical uses. 

Making Matter
Grades K – 2

Students will explore solids and liquids first hand by melting ice, freezing water and observing phase changes in front of their eyes. They will even end the workshop with a sweet treat using liquid nitrogen! 

Matter of Fact 
Grades 3 – 5

Students learn about the different states of matter while they watch experiments with liquid nitrogen. This workshop creates a lasting memory as students compete to melt ice then burst to an unforgettable conclusion.

Material Matter
Grades 6 – 8

Investigate the properties of matter. During this workshop, students will experiment with substances like gold, wood, air and polystyrene and compare their mass to their given volume. 

Marble Machines
Grades K – 2

Innovate and explore the creative, fun side of motion. Turn funnels, tubes, clothespins and dowel rods into a creative marble run as students change the motion of a marble through zig zags, twists, turns and loops. 

Newton's Roller Coasters
Grades 3 – 5

Explore the physics behind these exciting thrill rides by experimenting with velocity, momentum, acceleration and speed. Students will learn about Newton's Three Laws of Motion and end the workshop by building their very own roller coasters. 

Tricky Trajectory 
Grades 6 – 8

Discover the forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust and weight. Students will design flying machines and explore direction, magnitude and different types of potential energy.  

Sounds of Science
Grades K – 2

Experiment and investigate with vibrations and sound. Students will see and feel sound vibrations, hear loud versus soft volumes and pitch changes by creating some unconventional noisemakers. 

Alarming Circuits
Grades 3 – 5

Explore conductors and insulators by testing common materials and discover which materials allow electricity to flow easily. Students will learn that electrical energy can be transformed to sound energy by creating an alarming trip line. 

Papertronics
Grades 6 – 8

Explore the flow of current by testing simple, parallel and series circuits. With a few simple parts, students will make their own electronic greeting cards that light up.