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Happy Memorial Day Weekend! 
Mad Science Newsletter

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In this issue: 
 
*The World Science Festival comes to New York City June 10th-14th!
 
*Mad Science & Applebee's launch a new partnership in New York & Westchester.
 
*Check out Rockin' Renee & Genius Jessie on "Towning Around with Jessica Spencer" on Friday May 29th at 7:30 PM. 
 
*Free Shows at the NY Public Libraries this summer!  Click the NY Libraries link at the bottom of this page.
 
*Tell us where & when we should offer our fall  clubs- survey below.
 
*Experiment Corner 
 
*Featured Scientist and "In the Lab" Vocab 

The World Science Festival
From June 10th-14th the city will be buzzing with all sorts of scientific exploration thanks to the World Science Festival.  Among the guests at this year's opening ceremony will be Harrison Ford, Glenn Close and  Alan Alda.
 
Some of the youth & family workshops will include topics like "Cool Jobs", "Mathemagician" and "Einstein, Time & Cool Stuff".  On Sunday the 14th Washington Square Park is transformed into a science wonderland when the World Science Festival Youth and Family Street Fair returns.  Mad Science will be on hand along with a ton of other interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows. Join us for a full day of free family fun. 
World Science Festival 
 
Happy Memorial Day! 
 

Astronaut

Click the World Science Festival Logo on this page and also on the next page you're taken to in order to view their site!

 

Summer Camps

Vacation & Summer Programs

Give your children the gift of exploration and let Mad Science spark their imagination this summer!
Locations in:
Armonk
Bronxville
Briarcliff Manor 
NYC's Upper East Side
NYC's Upper West Side
SoHo
  • Customize a summer of fun
  • Appropriate for children entering Grades 1 - 5 this September 
  • Half-day or Full-day Camps
  • Fun and educational activities
Chimpmunks of Science!
Our Camp Themes:
  • NASA - Journey into Outer Space
  • Robotics- RocKit Robot
  • Robotics- Binary Player
  • Secret Agent Lab
  • Nature Academy
  • Junior Engineers 

Hurry, Secret Agent Lab in Bronxville is almost sold out!

Applebee's & Mad Science
Applebee's
Continuing to innovate and conceptualize new and exciting event options for their guests, Apple-Metro, Inc.; the New York Metro Area Franchisee for casual dining leader Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar has confirmed a strategic partnership with Mad Science.  For details about these amazing programs click the logo above.

Quick Links
 
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Call for more information
Mad Science of Westchester & Manhattan
Toll Free 877-948-8319
madscience@optonline.net
 
 Mad for Science
Experiment Corner: The Fluttering Butterfly
Fluttering Butterfly
An Experiment You Can Perform at Home


YOU WILL NEED
·         Tissue paper
·         Construction paper
·         Markers or pencil crayons
·         Glue
·         Pencil
·         Balloon
·         Wool Cloth


THE EXPERIMENT:

Instructions: 
1.       Draw a butterfly on the piece of construction paper.  If you want you can decorate it with the markers and pencil crayons. 
2.       Trace your butterfly design on to tissue paper and cut it.
3.       Take the tissue paper and glue it on to your butterfly design.  Make sure that you only put a little bit of glue right in the middle and do not get any on the wings.
4.       Let the glue dry.
5.       Take the balloon and rub it on your hair to charge it with static electricity. 
6.       Hold the charged balloon near the wings of the butterfly then move it away.
7.       You should see the wings of the butterfly move.

HOW IT WORKS:

The type of electricity you made when you rubbed the balloon on your hair is called static electricity.  Static electricity is produced when two things are rubbed together and there is a transfer of molecules.

Rockin' Renee 
Mamaroneck & Larchmont residents can catch it on Channel 75 (Cablevision) or Channel 36 (Verizon) starting on May 29th at the following times:
Fridays 7:30pm
Saturdays 1:30am, 7:30am, 1:30pm, 7:30pm
Sundays 1:30pm, 7:30am, 1:30pm, 7:30pm
Mondays 1:30am, 7:30am, 1:30pm
 
 
 
Survey
 
We want to know where and when you would like to see our clubs offered this fall!  Please click the logo below to fill out a brief survey and help us plan better! 

   After School Programs

 

   Hiroshi Ishiguro

Featured Scientist-
Hiroshi Ishiguro 
Hiroshi Ishiguro is director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University in Japan.  He created a robot called "Geminoid" who looks just like him and can even make facial expressions. Ishiguro feels that the human appearance of robots is important. He thinks it will be possible to build a robot that looks so human you won't be able to tell it's a robot.
 

Plus, you can join us this summer to build your own robots at camp.  For details click here.
 

"In the Lab" Vocab-
Robot:
(noun) a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being ; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized
(The word robot dates back to 1920, from a play by Czech author Karel Capek called R.U.R.  It comes from the Czech word "robota" which means compulsory labor.)
 
Gear:
(noun)  1: a mechanism that performs a specific function in a complete machine.  2: a toothed wheel

Pinion: 
(noun) 1 : a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack.   2 : the smaller of a pair or the smallest of a train of gear wheels
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