2023 Summer Program
- Mon, Jul 31 - Aug 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Designed for ages 7, 8 and 9
- 350.00 per child
- By Micah Fleischman, Guest Educator,
and Breanna Evans
Humans have always recognized electricity in lightning bolts and fur that crackles when stroked. But the practical uses of electricity - circuits - have been discovered mostly from Eli Whitney's time to the present in simple experiments and creative accidents.
Welcome to our battery-powered future! We will spend this week powering our future vehicles and homes with batteries. The week begins with a voltaic cell, the first battery. Visualize the transfer of electrons by stacking copper and zinc plates. Illuminate an LED. Take what you have learned and power a drag-racer. Make a physical connection with the circuits you create with a Morse Code device. Call the operator's switchboard to connect your call — via a circuit — to a friend. Power a home with a solar cell.
