La Jolla Elementary School

Prepare to be SHOCKED by how much fun  
Electricity and Magnetism can be!

 

LJES Family Science Night
Friday, April 19th
6:00-8:00 pm*

Check in at the 'Triangle Stage' next to the library
 

* Come early for dinner! The Puesto Food Truck will arrive at 5:30 to serve up kid-friendly quesadillas and bean tacos as well as their signature specialty tacos.
 
At hands-on stations you'll get the chance to:  
  • Use the earth's magnetic field to navigate from activity to activity.
  • Measure your own EKG!
  • Use electricity to separate dyes, guided by electrophoresis experts
    from the J. Craig Venter Institute.
  • Join hands in a human electric circuit with Larry Sverdrup's shock demonstration.
  • Observe a chaotic pendulum.
  • Create your own personal lightening.
  • Map a magnetic field in 2 dimensions and observe it in 3.
  • Build a simple dc motor.
  • Make cool geometric patterns called tesselations.    
  
We need you! No science experience necessary.
Please help us set up, run an activity or clean up. 
Click here to sign up for a slot.