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Labs & Activities
Each lesson includes an integrated, hands-on lab designed to promote cognitive engagement and encourage critical thinking. Activities can be customized to align with your current curriculum or developed to introduce new thematic units, ensuring a seamless and enriching learning experience for your students.
Science Themed
Science STEM labs ignite curiosity and make learning come alive! By experimenting, building, and exploring, children develop critical thinking, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving skills. These interactive experiences help kids connect classroom concepts to the real world, boost confidence, and foster a love for discovery that lasts a lifetime. Whether they're mixing up reactions, designing inventions, or asking big questions—STEM labs empower young minds to think like scientists!
Science Field Trips-
🍬 Edible DNA
In this sweet science activity, students build 3D DNA models using edible materials, helping them visualize the structure of genes and understand the basics of genetic coding.
🏺 Egyptian Experimentation Experts-Mummification
Students focus on controls and variables, observation, solutes vs solvents, and solutions, among other topics as they set up and carry out their mummification labs.
📜 Egyptian Papyrus Producers
Students recycle natural materials to craft their own papyrus-style paper, learning about resource conservation, physical changes, and the transformation of matter.
💥 Bubbling Bottles
A fizzy, colorful adventure into the states of matter! Students create mini lava lamps and explore gas formation, density, and the movement of molecules in this fun, hands-on lab.
🍦 Chilling Changes: Ice Cream & the Science of States
Students dive into physical changes and heat transfer as they make (and eat!) homemade ice cream while learning about solids, liquids, and gases.
🚀 Blast Lab: The Science of Mini Explosions
Students work collaboratively to learn about chemical reactions and catalysts and end with a fun sensory experience.
🌠 Rocket Reactions: Blast Off with Chemistry
Students learn about chemical reactions, propulsion, force, and changes in energy as they create mini bottle rockets.
🌊 Saltwater Sleuths: Cracking the Code of Density
Students learn about density, buoyancy, and variables as they set up and run a saltwater experiment. Ocean-themed art activity included.
🧪 Slime Time Chemistry! The Polymer Playground
It’s ooey, gooey fun! Students create their own ocean-themed slime while learning the science of polymers and non-Newtonian fluids. Includes a themed art extension.
🌼 Pollination Simulation: Plant Reproduction
Through interactive simulations, students explore how plants reproduce and pollinate, gaining a deeper appreciation for nature’s tiny workers—pollinators!
🌱 Grow & Tell: The Secret Life of Plants
Students learn about the parts and functions of plants while designing and planting their own take-home gardens in this hands-on life science activity.
🌟 Power Plants: The Glowing Spinach Lab
Students uncover the hidden energy of plants in this glowing science lab that highlights bioluminescence and photosynthesis in action.
🌼 Flower Power: Capillary Action in Plants
Watch flowers “drink” in this colorful lab on how water travels through plant stems. A vivid experiment showing capillary action and plant biology!
🍦 Ice Cream Chemistry: From Liquid to Lick-able
It’s edible science! Students explore physical changes and freezing points while mixing up their own batch of delicious homemade ice cream.
🌋 Lava Blast Bottles
With fizzing reactions and vibrant visuals, this activity lets students explore chemical reactions and gas formation as they build erupting lava bottles.
💡 Glow Flow: DIY Lava Lamps
Oil, water, and color collide in this fun lab that shows density, polarity, and chemical reactions in glowing, groovy motion.
🧪 Soil Sleuths: Shake It & Make It
Students become soil scientists as they create and observe soil shakes, learning about soil layers, texture, and composition.
🌸 Plant Parts & Pollination: The Flower Breakdown
Students dissect and explore the anatomy of flowers, learning about reproduction, pollination, and the role of petals, pistils, and pollen.
🍂 Fossil Forest: Dancing Leaves & Nature Prints
A perfect blend of science, art, and sensory exploration—students create fossil-inspired leaf rubbings while developing fine motor skills.
🧬 DNA Detectives: Fruit Edition
Extract real DNA from fruit and dive into plant reproduction, flowering vs. non-flowering plants, and how we see the invisible with basic lab tools.
💧Tension Trouble: The Science of Water’s Skin
Students explore surface tension through fun challenges and experiments, uncovering why water acts the way it does.
🎨 INKcredible Science: Chromatography Art Lab
Where art meets chemistry! Students explore pigment separation using chromatography to create vibrant, tie-dye-style science masterpieces.
🌺 Petal Power: Build-a-Flower STEM Garden
In this creative lab, students assemble their own model flowers while learning about the parts of plants, photosynthesis, and reproduction.
💧 Eco Flow Lab: Water Filtration & The Water Cycle
Students simulate real-world water filtration and track the water cycle through interactive experiments focused on sustainability.
🌿 Bio Bloom Lab: Grow Your Own Greenhouse
Students explore what plants need to grow, plant reproduction, and photosynthesis as they build a mini greenhouse to take home and nurture.
🌞 Solar S’more Lab: Harnessing the Heat
Get ready to cook with the power of the sun while learning about renewable energy, heat transfer, and the greenhouse effect along the way! Science has never been so delicious!
Technology Themed
These labs provide an opportunity for children to develop their digital literacy skills, problem-solving abilities, and creativity in a safe and supportive environment. Students learn by doing!
⚙️ Technology Field Trips-
🏮Light Up the Lantern: A Spark of Chinese Innovation
Students create paper lanterns with LED lights and circuits as they learn about a new culture.
🤖 Bot Builders Lab
Students explore basic programming and problem-solving by coding robots to complete fun challenges
🤖 Rockin’ Robots
Students rotate through a variety of stations featuring different types of robotic technology.
💡 Circuit Conductors
Students dive into the world of electricity by constructing simple and series circuits. They’ll light bulbs, power motors, and get a firsthand look at how electricity flows through a system.
Engineering Themed
Engineering STEM labs challenge kids to think critically, design creatively, and collaborate with purpose. By building bridges, launching rockets, or solving real-world problems, students learn how to turn ideas into action. These labs nurture resilience, teamwork, and a growth mindset—teaching kids that failure is just a step toward innovation. Engineering experiences empower children to become confident problem-solvers and future-ready thinkers in an ever-changing world.
🏗️ Engineering Field Trips-
🏠 Raise the Roof: Climate-Proof Construction
Students explore global architecture by designing roofs suited to different climates—from snowy slopes to tropical shields.
🌳 Eco-Engineers: Design a Treehouse
Students take on the role of environmental architects as they design and model treehouses that balance safety, stability, and sustainability.
🎢 Straw Coaster Mania
An exciting physics-based challenge where students explore potential and kinetic energy, gravity, and force by designing, testing, and improving their own straw roller coasters.
🟠 Wall Marble Run
Designed for younger learners, this simplified version of Straw Coaster Mania lets students create wall-mounted marble tracks while learning about motion, slopes, and problem-solving.
🏜️ Ancient Egypt- Project Pyramid
Students explore the history and architecture of Ancient Egypt by working in teams to plan, design, and build large-scale pyramid models using collaborative engineering principles.
💧 Ancient Egypt- Teetering Shadufs
Students learn how Egyptians engineered water-lifting tools to irrigate crops. They’ll build their own working shadufs and discover how simple machines made life easier in the past.
🏇 Chariot Challenge: Engineering like the Ancient Greeks
Students dive into Greek innovation as they build functional chariots using simple materials—then race them to test speed, balance, and design!
🏯 Great Wall Builders: Engineering Ancient Wonders
Students journey to Ancient China as they learn about the construction of the Great Wall. Working collaboratively, they’ll engineer their own miniature walls with an emphasis on strength and stability.
🎯 Siege Engineers: Constructing Ancient Greek Catapults
After exploring Greek warfare and engineering, students design and build catapults to test their accuracy and distance in friendly competitions.
🏰 Medieval Makers: Life on the Manor & Watermill Engineering
Students step into Medieval life by designing and building working watermills using recycled materials—learning about simple machines and renewable energy in the process.
⛵ Voyage of the Vikings: Building Longships
Students explore Viking history and maritime innovation by designing and constructing their own longships, focusing on balance, buoyancy, and teamwork.
🚲 Wheelin’ Around!
In this eco-focused engineering challenge, students transform recyclable materials into moving vehicles, while learning about transportation design, motion, and sustainability.
💦 Waterwheel Wonders
Students build functioning waterwheels from recycled materials while learning about energy transformations, mechanical systems, and the role of water in renewable energy production.
🌉 Bridge Blitz: Build It or Break It
From brainstorming to blueprints, students tackle real-world engineering challenges by designing and constructing bridges—then testing their strength under load.
🏹 Battle of the Builders: Catapult Edition
It’s build vs. build! Students design their own catapults and compete to see whose design launches projectiles with the most accuracy and distance.
🧻 Wrap It Up! Engineering Ancient Egypt
Combining history and engineering, students learn about Egyptian mummification techniques and create their own "mummies" to take home in this fun cultural-meets-science lab.
🧃 Snack Attack! Engineering Snack Holders from Recyclable Materials
A creative recycling challenge where students engineer snack holders out of reused materials, focusing on structure, design, and functionality—plus, snack time made smarter!
🚤 Float It, Sink It, Build It!
Students test buoyancy and density with hands-on floating experiments—then design and race boats made from everyday materials.
🎈 Blown Away Balloon Cars
Students explore Newton’s Laws of Motion, as well as kinetic and potential energy, by designing and building balloon-powered race cars. The final challenge? A team race to test their creations!
🚀 Rocket’s Red Glare
Design and test two different types of straw rockets to determine which one has the best accuracy and distance!
🥚 Egg Zipline Rescue
Design and construct a protective carrier for a raw egg using recyclable material while learning about gravity and motion, energy transfer, and force and impact resistance!
Art
Each of our labs and activities is infused with an art component. We strongly believe that children flourish when they are able to express their creativity freely. Engaging children in activities they are truly interested in is crucial for unlocking their full learning potential. Integrating art not only strengthens understanding through visual and tactile learning but also nurtures problem-solving, design thinking, and self-confidence. Creativity fuels innovation!
Animal & Marine Sciences
Through these hands-on STEM labs, children dive into the fascinating worlds of ecosystems, biodiversity, and ocean conservation. These experiences not only build scientific knowledge but also nurture problem-solving, observation skills, and a deeper appreciation for the natural world. Whether studying animal adaptations or simulating ocean habitats, students gain real-world insights while developing a lifelong love for science and discovery.
Animal & Marine Science Field Trips:
🐾 Masters of Disguise: Animal Adaptation Lab
Students explore how animals survive in the wild by investigating real-world adaptations like camouflage, mimicry, and behavioral changes.
🐛 BUGTOPIA! Engineering Mini Insect Playgrounds
Students learn about insect habitats and behaviors, then design imaginative miniature playgrounds for bugs using creative thinking and engineering principles.
🌱 Worm World: Underground Architects
Dig deep into soil ecosystems as students design cozy “earthworm hotels” while learning about decomposition, tunnel systems, and nature’s original recyclers.
🐚 The Seashell Breakdown: Acid Strikes Back
Students discover acid-base reactions using real seashells and vinegar. They'll observe chemical changes throughout the week as shells gradually dissolve. Includes an ocean-inspired art activity for extra fun.
🐦 From Scraps to Snacks: Feed the Wild
Using recycled materials, students engineer creative wildlife feeders while learning about animal diets and environmental stewardship.
🌊 Ocean Mysteries: Glow-In-The-Dark Jellies
Dive deep into the bioluminescent world of jellyfish as students explore ocean life and create glowing jelly models to take home.
🏖️ Erosion in Motion: Build Your Own Beach
Students design and sculpt 3D beach models to explore how wind, waves, and water shape coastlines. Through hands-on experimentation, they’ll observe erosion in action and discover how natural defenses like mangroves help protect our shores.
🐛 Bug Trap Engineering - Students study the biology of bugs and their habitats while designing Humane Insect Observation Devices to take home!
🐘 Adaptive Design: Biomimicry of the Elephant Trunk
Students will explore the function and versatility of an elephant’s trunk, then apply biomimicry to design and build a model "trunk" that can pick up and move objects of varying sizes and weights.
Reading & Literacy
We believe that strong literacy skills are the foundation of all learning—especially for our youngest scientists. That’s why every field trip includes a carefully chosen read-aloud and engaging literacy components woven into the experience. These stories spark curiosity, build background knowledge, and support vocabulary development, helping budding readers connect scientific concepts to language in meaningful ways. By blending STEM with storytelling, we create a rich, well-rounded learning environment where every child can grow as both a reader and a thinker.