Science Saturdays is a FREE program offered to the community through the Adams State College Science department for kids 12 and younger. They started the program last fall but I always heard about it after the fact. I was looking at the ASC website for something last week and saw the announcement that they were continuing the program this semester. Jamie was reluctant (as he is with anything "new"), but his friend & classmate, Nicole, was there and they had a great time! Today's presentation was about technology and science. One of the cool things they had to play with was PicoCricket, a little computer that can easily be programmed (by kids!) to spin objects or turn on lights, etc, using motors and sensors. It can be used with Legos to build all kinds of cool things! (Note to self: birthday gift idea for Jamie) There were several other stations set up, each with a cool experiment to try...it reminded me of my college Physics lab only way more fun!
Nicole actually did one of the PicoCricket demonstrations, proving that even a 7-year-old can program the computer!
Playing with a pendulum
Jenga blocks
Everyone had fun with the balance board & fulcrum!
The Skyrail Rollercoaster was a huge hit!! Through trial and error, they built a pretty extensive marble run! (Note to self: another great gift idea!)
This was such a great activity and the kids might have even learned something today. Sssshhhh! Don't tell them that, though, they were just having fun!Next weeks presentation will be about the science of color and everyone will tie-dye a t-shirt!
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