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*Fall After School programs now available via online registration. Sites include The Art Farm, Applebee's, Greenburgh Nature Center & more.
*Fire & Ice Show at 74th St. MAGIC's Open House on Sat. 9/12/09 at 11:30. Call 212.737.2989 for details.
*Mad Science & Applebee's launch a new partnership in New York & Westchester.
*Special offer from Mad Science and BODIES...The Exhibition.
*Big Top Science Show at The Bendheim Performing Arts Center in Scarsdale on Mon. 10/12/09 at 1PM. Call 914.472.3300 x 403 for details.
*Cool new media to view and share on our web site!
*Experiment Corner
*Featured Scientist and "In the Lab" Vocab |
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Fall After School Clubs! |
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Summer is coming to a close and that means fall after school clubs are about to begin! If Mad Science clubs aren't offered at your child's school you can join us for fun at one of the following partner locations, but register soon!
* The Art Farm in NYC's Upper East Side
(91st Btwn 1st & York)
Registration Deadline Aug. 25th-Club Starts Sept. 8th
* The Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale
(Off Central Ave)
Registration Deadline Sept. 3rd-Club Starts Sept. 17th
* The Scholastic Store in SoHo NYC
(B'way btwn Prince & Spring)
Registration Deadline Sept. 7th-Clubs start week of Sept. 21st
* The Applebee's Dinner Clubs
(includes weekly Mad Sci program and meal!)
Clubs available at locations in Battery Park City, Bay Plaza, Cortlandt, Hawthorne, Mt. Kisco, Port Chester, Riverdale, White Plains and Yonkers
Registration Deadline Sept. 7th-Clubs start week of Sept. 21st
* Also, there is still some space available in our summer camp programs at The Greek Cathedral School on the UES for weeks of Aug. 17th, Aug. 24th and Aug 31st or in Bedford NY week of Aug. 24th!
To register for any of the aforementioned programs click the flashing icon below!
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Applebee's & Mad Science |
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| Applebee's™ and Mad Science® are teaming up to bring you an innovative new approach to extra-curricular activities. We're taking our weekly science clubs out of the schools and bringing them to your neighborhood Applebee's™! Join us this fall for a ten-week semester of exciting hands-on activities, spectacular demonstrations, and cool take home. After each class you'll receive an Applebee's™ meal with your choice of Chicken Fingers, Kid-sized Cheeseburger or Grilled Cheese, (All meals are served with fries unless otherwise requested) plus a Soft Drink & Ice Cream Dessert. To learn more click the Applebee's logo above or to register for any club click here! |
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BODIES...The Exhibition |
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BODIES...
The Exhibition celebrates the wonder of the human form!
This striking exhibition showcases 20 real human body specimens and over 200 organ parts preserved through an innovative process called polymer preservation.
This innovative and educational science expo currently resides at the South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre in lower Manhattan. Since opening in 2005 the exhibition has attracted over 1.5 Million visitors and was recently extended indefinitely in New York City.
Visit: 11 Fulton Street on the corner of Front Street- South Street Seaport
Phone: 888.9BODIES
Save $6 when you use code: MadScience |
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Quick Links |
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| Mad Science of Westchester & Manhattan
Toll Free 877-948-8319 |
| madscience@optonline.net
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| Experiment Corner (or how to look cool in front of your kids) :
Fireworks in a Glass |
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| An Experiment You Can Perform at Home
Fireworks are a beautiful and fun part of many celebrations, but not something you want kids to make themselves. However, even very young explorers can experiment with these safe underwater 'fireworks'.
What You Need
* water
* oil
* food coloring
* tall clear glass
* another cup or glass
* fork
1. Fill the tall glass almost to the top with room-temperature water. Warm water is ok, too.
2. Pour a little oil into the other glass. (1-2 tablespoons)
3. Add a couple of drops of food coloring to the oil. One drop of blue and one drop of red.
4. Briefly stir the oil and food coloring mixture with a fork. You want to break up the food coloring drops into smaller drops, but not thoroughly mix the liquid.
5. Pour the oil and coloring mixture into the tall glass.
6. Now watch! The food coloring will slowly sink in the glass, with each droplet expanding outward as it falls, resembling fireworks falling into water.
How It Works
Food coloring dissolves in water, but not in oil. When you stir the food coloring in the oil, you are breaking up the coloring droplets (though drops that come into contact with each other will merge... blue + red = purple). Oil is less dense than water, so the oil will float at the top of the glass. As the colored drops sink to the bottom of the oil, they mix with the water. The heavier colored drops diffuse outward as they fall to the bottom. |
Mad Science will be performing our Fire & Ice Show at 74th St. MAGIC's Open House on Sat. 9/12/09 at 11:30. Call 212.737.2989 for details or click the logo below.
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Mad Science will be returning
to The Bendheim Performing Arts Center in Scarsdale on Columbus Day 10/12/09 at 1PM with our special show "Big Top Science". Call 914.472.3300 x 403 for details and tickets or click the logo below.
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Featured Scientist-
Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D.,
Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences
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Dickson D. Despommier, Ph.D. is a microbiologist/ecologist by training. One area of focus for him has been on how to raise food without further encroachment into natural ecosystems. He has established The Vertical Farm: www.verticalfarm.com as a theoretical construct to look at the possibility of agricultural sustainability within cities. The idea grew out of a class project to measure the effects of rooftop gardening in New York on reducing the dome of heat that develops over the city each year. From that original idea, he expanded the concept to include urban agriculture and finally to multi-story indoor farming. "In the Lab" Vocab (share & discuss with your children)-
Ecosystem:
(noun) A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.
Microbiology:
(noun) The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
Agriculture:
(noun) The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
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