We are excited to be offering Science Matter Classes for the 2025-2026 Academic Year!
Classes will be held on Thursdays from 2:35 to 3:35
Each club requires a minimum of 8 students and will be maxed at 18 students
Science Matters Class Offerings for the 2025-26 School Year
Sciencepalooza: Prepare yourself for more science, more fun and more eye-popping experiments! Experience the many areas of science with this sampling of our club themes. Discover the wonder of bubbles by making a bubblelarium, create secret messages on papyrus paper using hieroglyphics, simulate a real avalanche and make a clucking cup to amplify sound.
Secrets of Ancient Egypt: Become an Egyptologist as we explore the fascinating world of ancient Egypt. Build your own pyramid, make a sundial to tell time by the sun, create your own mummy, build a model of a shaduf…and much more!
Science Escape Room: You’ve traveled into the lab of Professor Plasma and realize he’s set traps to keep you from leaving. Escaping won’t be easy, as the professor was diabolical and left one trap after another. To succeed, you’ll have to be one step ahead. Use your scientific knowledge to solve puzzles and complete experiments in order to uncover clues that will lead you to finding your way out. Join us in this thrilling adventure to see if you can outsmart the mad professor!
Pop, Bang, Fizz: Join us in the lab as we mix up some chemistry fun! Make your own monster bath poppers, experiment with a gas that’s heavier than air, launch film canister rockets, create a bubbly CO2 fountain, and whip up a frozen ice cream treat to enjoy.
Wild About Weather: Have you ever seen golf ball–sized hail? Watched a lightning bolt slam into a tree and burn it to the ground? Sound scary? Not if you are prepared! You, the meteorologist, will create and use your own weather station to predict changes in the weather. Construct a barometer to track air pressure changes, simulate a weather front, calculate wind speeds and make a tornado in a bottle. The forecast is all fun!
Super Sonic Sound Lab: We’ll keep the good vibrations coming as we investigate the invisible world of sound energy. Make musical instruments, identify mystery sounds, experiment with echolocation, use vibrations to make water jump, and more! Can you hear me now?
Dates:
Thursdays 2:35-3:35
Fall Classes:
Sciencepalooza: Sep 11, 18, 25 | Oct 2
Secrets of Ancient Egypt: Oct 16, 23, 30 | Nov 6
Science Escape Room: Nov 13 | Dec 4, 18 (cancellation for November 20th)
Spring Classes:
Pop Bang Fizz: Jan 15, 22, 29 | Feb 12
Wild about Weather: Feb 19, 26 | Mar 5, 12
Super Sonic Sound Lab: April 9, 16, 23, 30
Room: Art Room
Cost:
$99 for any one class
$270 All 3 Fall Classes (Sciencepalooza, Secrets of Ancient Egypt, Science Escape Room)
$270 All 3 Spring Classes (Pop, Bang, Fizz, Wild About Weather, Super Sonic Sound Lab)
$499 All Six Classes
Registration: Please use the form below.
Refund policy: Any participant may receive a full refund, minus processing fees, until after the second class is completed. After the second class there will be no refunds granted, or partial credits given, for any reason. This policy also applies to full semester sign up. The second class is defined as the second class of Fall Semester.
VA PTSA Enrichment Waiver and General Guidelines:
1. Photo Release: By enrolling your student in PTSA sponsored enrichment programs you are granting permission to the PTSA and/or the organization(s) providing the program(s) to take photographs of you and your family in connection with the event(s) in which you’ve enrolled. You are also authorizing the above mentioned parties, their assigns and transferees to copyright, use and publish the same in print and/or electronically.
2. There is no teacher supervision before or after school for these students. Parents/guardians are required to sign in/out of the program class each day. Parents/guardians may not drop off/pick up their children in front of the school. Failure to follow this rule will result in your child/children being withdrawn from the program WITHOUT REFUND OF ANY KIND.
3. If your child attends SAE please inform us in writing so we may coordinate with them. Signing in with SAE fulfills the above requirements.
4. At 8:40 AM children will be released from morning programs and should walk to the appropriate line up area. For afternoon programs, parents/guardians must sign their child/children out.
