Here are on-site activities for visiting school classes and organizational groups.

Please make reservations 30 days prior to your visit.

4 ^th - 8 ^thgrades

Calculator Based Learning (CBL's) - Experiments involve temperature probe, light probe, conductivity probe and various other probes for students to collect and interpret data.

Energy Bike/Energy Efficient Lighting - Use pedal power on the Energy Bike to generate enough electricity to power a set of light bulbs or a hair dryer. See and feel the difference between the energy required to light incandescent light bulbs compared to fluorescent or LED light bulbs.

Forensics - Become a crime scene investigator. Analyze evidence to solve The Case of the Missing Microscope. Analyze fingerprints, shoe and tire prints, hair samples, powders and security logs to identify the culprit.

Introduction to Chemistry - Vitamin C Testing-Students use a laboratory technique called titration to test various fruit drinks and beverages for relative vitamin C content.

Microscopy - Hands-on lessons, uses, illumination techniques and history of the microscope. Observe specimen slides. If time allow: preparation of slides.

Physical Science Activities - Various demonstrations and activities to introduce physical science terms and concepts.

Scientific Method - Using hand-on physical science activities and real world science, students learn how experiments are designed based on the scientific method as used by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory.

Science of Toys - Discover how toys are designed around science concepts and principles. Investigate how these laws and principles are part of the students' everyday life.

Sound Energy - Experiments and demonstrations of sound and sound energy. How we make and hear sound, how fast sound travels, scientists of sound, sound vocabulary.

Spectrophotometers - Use advanced equipment to compare the relationship between light/color, how it is absorbed/transmitted and how color is determined.

Superconductivity - An exciting demonstration where students observe magnetic levitation using liquid nitrogen. See how materials behave under cold temperatures.

X-ray Fluorescence - A nondestructive technique that determines the elemental composition of solid objects (e.g. jewelry) and artifacts.

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High School

Advanced Spectrophotometers - Determine the concentration of an unknown solution through its transmittance and determine its molarity.

Calculator Based Learning (CBL's) - Measuring: pH, phase changes, endothermic/exothermic reactions, chemical reactions, Boyle's Law, Beer's Law and various other probes for students to collect and interpret data.

Electrophoresis - Use gel electrophoresis to separate food coloring based on charge and molecular weight and comparing.

Introduction to DNA Spooling DNA acquired from a fruit solution.

Superconductivity - An exciting demonstration where students observe magnetic levitation using liquid nitrogen. See how materials behave under cold temperatures.

X-ray Fluorescence - A nondestructive technique that determines the elemental composition of solid objects (e.g. jewelry) and artifacts.

To schedule a group visit, please call: