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Greetings!
Early
summer is prime family entertainment time in northern Virginia, where
annual town festivals bring in tens of thousands of visitors to the
communitywide celebrations - and The Children's Science Center is
there to spread the word about our mission!
In
the midst of carnival rides, performances, and
other children's activities at these festivals, The Children's
Science Center provides educational and fun hands-on science
activities. Most recently, The Children's Science Center participated
in Viva! Vienna! over Memorial Day weekend and at the Herndon
Festival the last weekend in May.
There's
even more fun to come, as one of the largest community celebrations
in northern Virginia will be taking place June 5-7: Celebrate Fairfax! at the Fairfax County Government Center.
Please help support
The Children's Science Center by volunteering at our booth at Celebrate Fairfax!
If you can spare an hour or two and want to help share the excitement of The
Children's Science Center's fun hands-on science activities with
other families, please contact Elizabeth Ross at elizabethw02@hotmail.com.
Thanks,
and we'll see you at Celebrate Fairfax!
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Other Volunteer Opportunities
In addition to general volunteers for community events, The Children's Science Center is seeking education professionals who would assist in developing educational programming for our Museum Without Walls activities.
We also are looking for coordinators and volunteers to work on special fundraising events that we are planning.
Help The Children's Science Center make math and science cool for kids by volunteering! To volunteer, please send an e-mail with your contact information to info@TheChildrensScienceCenter.org.
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How to Donate
Help us continue to work towards bringing The Children's Science Center to the children of
Northern Virginia by financially supporting the museum! Any size donation is
sincerely appreciated.
Online: Visit our Web site at www.TheChildrensScienceCenter.org to make an immediate donation with your credit card via Google Checkout.
Mail: You also can send donations to
Donations Children's Science Center 485 Spring Park Place Suite 500 Herndon, VA 20171
The Children's Science Center is a 501 (c)(3) organization and your donation is fully tax deductible.
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Online Science Resources
School will be out soon, but you can still encourage science activities in the home with these fun Web sites:
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Ice Cream Science
Consider This Fun Activity For Your Children
As the mercury rises, you'll want to keep your cool, and we've got a fun and educational way to do it! This activity can teach your student in kindergarten through 3rd grade the properties of liquids and solids!
Make Your Own Ice Cream
From Education.com
What you'll need:
Milk (1 cup)
Sugar (1 teaspoon)
Vanilla (1 teaspoon)
Ziploc bag
Salt (1 tablespoon)
Ice
Coffee can, or other round metal can
How to make it: Pour
the milk (liquid), sugar (solid), and vanilla (liquid) into the ziploc
bag.
Next, fill the coffee can halfway with ice and add a tablespoon of
salt. Make sure the bag is sealed tightly. Then put the bag inside the
coffee can.
Go outside and roll the coffee can back and
forth with your child for about 15 minutes.
Science Notes:
Explain to your kindergartener that everything on Earth is in
liquid, solid, or gas form. Let her know that today, you're going to
focus on liquids and solids. Then give your child several examples of
each. For example, "A table is a solid and a cookie is a solid. But
water and milk are liquids." Explain that liquids are things that can't
hold their shape, such as orange juice. Then ask your child if she can
think of her own examples of liquids and solids. Once you
think she's mastered the concepts, ask, "Is ice cream a liquid or a
solid?" Your child might say that ice cream is clearly a solid. But
what about when it melts? Can something be both a solid and a liquid?
Tell her you are going to investigate what happens when the temperature
of something changes.
Before you take the ice
cream out, ask your child to make a prediction about what might have
happened to the liquid inside the plastic bag. Together, decide if the
ice cream might be in one state when it's cold and another when it
warms up. Does she think the ingredients will still be in liquid form?
This experiment was provided to Education.com by Gina Dal Fuoco, an elementary school teacher in California.
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The Children's Science Center is a nonprofit museum dedicated to sparking children's interest in science through interactive exhibits and engaging programs that encourage exploration of math and science, stimulate creativity, and inspire through active learning. For more information, visit www.TheChildrensScienceCenter.org. Please direct all inquiries to The Children's Science Center, 485 Spring Park Place Suite 500, Herndon VA 20170.
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