Science 2010
Chairperson: Jerry Dievendorf
S1 Bugs and Slugs
Sessions: 2A & 2B Grades: 2A: 2 - 4; 2B: 4 - 6
What is that thing crawling up your back? What do butterflies eat? What is making those strange noises in the bushes? Investigate the mysterious lives of beetles, butterflies, crickets, bees and other things that bug you! We’ll swing nets, build and set traps, manage an insect zoo, experiment and discover many interesting facts about insects while observing these amazing creatures close up and personal!
Instructor: Jerry Dievendorf
S2 Science Fun
Sessions: 1A, 1B, 3A, 3B Grades: 2 & 3
Do you know why certain animals live where they do? Explore the forest with us, probe the pond and swamp, examine evidence of deer activity and learn how to find salamanders, snakes, frogs and insects. Recognize animals from their tracks. We’ll conduct chemical tests of water and berries to make deductions about what certain animals eat and where they live. We will also examine stream beds to find fossils of ancient life and we’ll try to guess what our environment might have been like in those earlier times. Come and have fun with us!!
Instructor: Diane Betzweiser
S3 Wee Beasties
Session: 3B Grades: 3 & 4
Have you ever wondered what earthlings looked like 3.5 billion years ago? Do you think it would be fun to be a Microbe Detective and use cool microscopes to help solve crimes? Would you like to extract DNA from strawberries, and get to eat them as well? Would you like to make yeast bread, and see the “wee beasties” that make it? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this is the class for you!
Instructor: Dr. Dorothy Matthews
S4 Swamping
Sessions: 2B & 3B Grades: 2 - 4
Different plants and animals live in different parts of our swamp. We'll look for bugs, salamanders, fish and frogs, and learn to identify all the different kinds. I'll bring in turtles for us to study.
We’ll spend the week discovering who lives in all that mud!
Instructor: Dee Strnisa
S5 Critter Patrol
Sessions: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B Grades: 1A: 2 – 4; 1B, 2A, 2B: 4 & up
Calling all creatures! Reptiles, amphibians, mammals, insects, birds and more! All of these live near you. How many creatures and critters can we locate and identify in our local ecosystem? We’ll search under rocks, in ponds and puddles, under logs, in fields, trees – everywhere!
Instructor: Paul Doyle
S6 Fossil Hunting
Sessions: 2A & 3A Grades: 3 & 4
Find the remains of organisms that lived here hundreds of millions of years ago! Learn about the prehistoric environment that these creatures lived in. Discover how to search for fossils in an area known for its geologic richness. Get your hands dirty identifying fossils such as trilobites, bryozoans, ancient corals and many, many others, as we talk about their significance.
Instructor: Kevin Duffy
S7 Birding by Sight and Sound
Sessions: 1A & 2A Grades: 4 – 6
Learn to recognize the birds found in our area by using visual clues, their songs and their flight patterns. We’ll see live birds of prey, including hawks and owls – up close and personal! Each student will receive a bird identification book and will leave this class with a better understanding and appreciation of our feathered friends.
Instructor: Fred Realbuto
S8 Discover Animals!
Sessions: 1B & 2B Grades: 2 & 3
Where do animals live, and why do they live there? We’ll explore the forest, examine the pond and watch the sky as we find and identify birds, butterflies, salamanders and frogs! We’ll discover why animals eat particular foods. You’ll also build a birdfeeder and start your own butterfly garden, and learn some easy ways to help the environment.
Instructor: Jen Phillips
S9 Fossil Hunting II
Session: 1A Grades: 4 & up
This course is for elementary and middle school students who want to understand just what a fossil is, how fossils differ from other rocks, and why some plants and animals become fossilized but others do not! Students will learn “field work techniques”, how to model the process of fossilization – and about the many kinds of fossils that can be found at the Workshop! They will start with excavation processes, and ultimately, use the found fossils to make inferences about our prehistoric past.
Instructor: George Pafumi
