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After-School Science in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Hands-on science in a curiosity-friendly setting ``for kids who wonder''

 
  
WHAT MAD SCIENTISTS DO

Planned Topics for Investigation

The following is an outline of what we Mad Scientists will be doing next semester. Each theme leads into the next, and often there will be multiple stations in the Clubhouse to explore a theme in a variety of ways.

The Mad Scientists' Clubhouse is scheduled to begin January 13, and to end May 13. There will be 16 meetings, with 2 weeks off (no meetings) for Spring Break (March 8 through 19).

Please note, there will not be a Friday meeting this session.

Topics for January through May 2010
Animal Studies

  • Comparative Anatomy of Skulls
  • Make your own limb bones
  • Symmetry
  • Life History Strategies
  • Habitats
Principles of Evolution
Natural Selection & Camouflage
Genetics -- Crime Scene (blood types and fingerprints)
Design Creature of Future after Cataclysm
Life in a Drop of Water

  • Practical Microscopy
  • Freshwater Protists and Dinoflagellates
Global Warming
  • Physical Geography
  • Water System Studies
Fossil Walk
Model Rocketry
Astronomy
Bacterial Cultures
Fungal Cultures
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diagramming a simple circuit (lighting
a bulb with a battery and only one wire)

 light_laser-small.JPGExperiment: splitting beams of light
Pinhole Photographs
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