WELCOME TO STEAM DAY: FRIDAY OCTOBER 18!

Bubble Gum with Nerdy Cooks

Make your own bubble gum! Mix, mold and create your own bubble gum AND learn how to blow bubbles! It's a chewy science experiment that you get to eat! So, put on your science/confectioner hats and join us for bubbly, stretchy, and super yummy fun!

Bubbleology

Are you interested in being part of a fun and scientific activity involving giant bubbles? If so, Bubbleology is the perfect STEAM Day course for you! In this lab, you will learn how bubbles are formed and create huge bubbles that are big enough to stand inside!

Catapults

For every action, there is an equal reaction. Let's launch various items VERY fast! We put Sir Isaac Newton's laws of gravity, inertia, and motion...in motion! In this course, you get to build your own catapult and then go outside and launch even bigger items out of a huge catapult! How far can YOU launch it?

Desert & Rainforest Animals

Learn all about desert and rainforest animals and how these animals endure their climates! Get up close and personal with an African spurred tortoise, a bearded dragon, a tarantula, a red kangaroo, frogs, snakes, salamanders and more. (Course will feature live animals.)

Drones

Let's learn about drones - what they are, how they are being used, discuss the possibilities for the future, and, of course, see a drone in action!

Egg Drop

Design a landing craft that protects your egg passenger when it is dropped from up high. You will use the engineering design process for this experiment: design your landing craft, test it to see if it works, change your design to make it better, and re-test to get new results. 

Elephant Toothpaste

Let's make Elephant Toothpaste! It's explosive fun! In this session, you will watch an exothermic reaction that causes a magnificent geyser with a rainbow of colors! Then you will get to choose a color and work with a group of fellow Bobcat scientists to mix your own ingredients to watch the magic of Elephant Toothpaste explode before you!

Get Wild with WILDcenter of Austin

Learn about the connection between the WILDcenter animal ambassadors and dinosaurs! Meet Owlbert, an Eurasian Eagle Owl - one of the largest owls on earth - and other animal ambassadors - a turtle, two snakes, a lizard and a falcon! (This course will feature live animals)

Grasslands Animals

Learn all about grasslands animals and how these animals have adapted to living on the plains! Learn about their special adaptions and how they camouflage themselves! Learn about their unique food chain and get the chance to meet and greet with real, live grassland animals! (Course will feature live animals)

Hogwarts Potions

In this magically marvelous course, Muggles are invited to make Butter Beer, invisible ink, and participate in a potions class! You will be sorted into a House and cycle through all the magical tables to complete all the activities. You will have your own potion, invisible ink, and your own cup of Butter Beer! Let the science magic of Harry Potter begin! NOTE: Milk products are served in this session and essential oils used.

How to Fix a Broken Heart

This session is going to get your HEART RACING! Get dressed for surgery in your mask, gloves and gown and join us in the operating room! Examine the parts of a real heart and learn to sew and tie knots during your operation. Hear your blood flow through your arteries and see the tools used to save people from a heart attack. It’s a real hands-on experience! 
NOTE: Class may not be those who get queasy easily.

Invisible Ink with Nerdy Cooks

Join the fun for an awesome invisible ink adventure! Get ready to learn how to make your own invisible ink using stuff you can find in your kitchen! We will discover the cool science behind invisible ink and write hidden messages that magically appear! It is going to be a super exciting day of mystery, creativity and science fun!

It's a Hard Rock Life

Students will work as teams of geologists to investigate and categorize rocks and understand how phenomena such as weathering and erosion break down and move rocks to create new landforms.

Know Bones About It

Let's fix some bones! Find out how to build strong bones and how to fix broken ones. Bone up on reading X-rays, first aid techniques, and leave with a real cast on your arm!

Lava Lamps

Are you ready to make something cool? In this session, we'll teach you about the density of different liquids and reactions that happen when we add a special ingredient. Select lava lamps for a crazy, colorful time.

Marble Run

Do you like roller coasters? In Marble Run, you can build your own mini roller coaster for a marble! In this course, you will learn about motion, engineering, and physics! If you like to play with model trains, cars, or fast things, join the Marble Run session for STEAM Day!

Mircovolts to Megavolts

In this class, you get to learn about really cool stuff like - How do we get the signals from our brains to our muscles so we can walk, talk, or ride bicycles? What is it that makes my cell phone work? Do electrons attract or repel each other? And . . . you get to see your friend's hair stand on end!

Rock and Roll Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Have you ever wanted to make homemade ice cream and eat it too? Now you can, while learning about the science of ice cream! Let's find out about the scientific method, the freezing point, and other "cool" things! Note: Milk products are used and served in this session.

Science Snacks

Come and join us to learn the science behind tasty mixtures and solutions! We will teach you about the STEAM connections involved in creating some very tasty treats, and you will get to rotate through 3 different stations- edible playdough, no-bake cookie dough, and color changing lemonade. *Contains food* NO nuts but consider any food allergies before signing up.

Skin for the Win

Get ready to learn all about how to protect your skin from the sun and all the lumps and bumps that can appear on your body! We will see bugs that can live in your skin and explore how to remove a mole! It's a popping good time! NOTE: Class may not be those who get queasy easily.

Slime Time

Slime is super fun and cool and is one of the best fidget toys out there! If you like mixing ingredients, hands on activities, and having fun, come to our session to make slime!

Smile Craft

Have fun being a dentist: brush and floss our tooth models, see how acid and food can affect teeth & learn how to prevent cavities.

Spa Day

Self-care time BUT with chemistry fun! Join our session to create your very own bath bombs to use at home! You will learn about the safe chemical reactions that happen when bath bombs are put in water, and you'll get to choose the colors and scents that suit you best! Every scientist needs time to relax too - join Spa Day Science!

Spaghetti and Marshmallow Engineering

Test your engineering prowess! Build a tower made of marshmallows and spaghetti! How tall can you get it without it falling?! Then re-build your tower with some expert hints on how to solidify your tower to stand the test of time!

Sphero Bots

Learn how to program and drive Spheros! Program a Sphero Robo Ball to navigate through a maze and take turns racing spheros using block code and the driving feature in the maze you create!

Star Light, Star Bright

Experience the wonders of the night sky from inside a giant, inflatable planetarium that uses a state-of-the-art digital projection! See the stars, the moon and all the planets and learn about our magnificent sky! 

STEAMworks - Robots

Calling all Robots! Explore the wonderful world of engineering through building a robot! In this course, you will use the Lego Education SPIKE Robotics kit that includes motors and sensors to build and code a robot! 

Veterinary Medicine

Love animals and dream of being a veterinarian? Learn about what veterinarians do and hear about interesting medical cases from our local veterinarians from Firehouse Animal Hospital!
(Course MAY feature live animals.)

Zip Away

Students will work as teams of engineers, using the Engineering Design Process to design, test, and improve their own zipline cars. Students will also investigate how gravity, friction, potential energy, and kinetic energy affect their designs. Students will be able to use engineering practices to design solutions to problems and identify strengths and weaknesses of their models.