Junior Scientist

Zoetrope​
​Build a simple zoetrope to explore animation, optical illusions, and how moving images are created through persistence of vision and motion perception​

Elephant Toothpaste​
​Create a foamy eruption to explore chemical reactions, catalysts, and how gas production creates movement and pressure​

Alien​
​Design and build a glowing alien using simple circuits to explore electricity, circuit flow, and how energy produces light​

Robotic Hand​
​Build a simple cardboard robotic hand using strings to explore tendons, movement, and mechanical control systems​

Magic Powder Shield​
​Explore how powder interacts with water while investigating material properties through hands-on experimentation​

Homopolar Butterfly​​
​Build a spinning butterfly using a battery, magnet, and wire to explore electricity, magnetism, and simple motor movement​​

Unpoppable Bubble​
​Create bubbles to explore surface tension and chemical reactions, and how they affect bubble strength and lifespan​

Cup Rocket​
​Build and launch a paper cup rocket to explore force, motion, and air pressure through testing and design improvements​

Kinetic Sand​
​Explore kinetic sand to investigate solids and granular materials, experimenting with texture, moulding, and movement​

Kaleidoscope​
​Build a kaleidoscope to explore light reflection, symmetry, and how mirrors create repeating visual patterns​

Floating Drawing​
​Create drawings that float on water to explore surface tension, buoyancy, and how liquids interact with surfaces​​​

Lava lamp​
​Create a lava lamp to explore liquid density and how different substances interact through simple chemical reactions​

Lemon Popsicle
Make a lemon popsicle to explore how liquids freeze into solids and how temperature affects states of matter​

Rainbow​
​Create a rainbow experiment to explore light, colour mixing, and capillary action through hands-on observation​

Shine Bright Like A Star​
​Create a simple light craft or circuit to explore how electricity produces light and how energy is transformed into visible light​

Crafted Birthday Cake With Light Candle​
​Design a model cake with a light-up candle to explore simple circuits, switches, and energy flow through creative engineering​

Eruptions Lemon Volcano​
(Chemical Reactions)​
​Use lemon juice and baking soda to create a fizzy eruption while exploring chemical reactions and gas formation​​​

Bouncing Ball​
​Create a bouncing ball to explore polymers, elasticity, and how energy is stored and released during motion​

Eruptions​
(Physical Reactions)​
​Create different eruption to explore physical reactions and gas production, observing how pressure and movement form a volcanic-like effect​

Oobleck​​
​Make oobleck to explore non-Newtonian fluids and how force changes material behaviour between solid and liquid states​

Tower​

Design and build a tower to explore balance, stability, and how structure affects strength and height​

Final Project Touches​
​Final preparation and finishing of projects​

Welcome​
​Ice breakers and sharing of rules and essential agreements​

Visible Sound​
​Learn about the properties of sound and generate a visualization of soundwaves​

Science of Flight​
​Learn about thrust and other elements of flights​

Wind Tunnel Testing​
​Learn about the importance of fins in a rocket, and experiment with different fin designs​

Advanced Paper Planes​
​Experiment with different paper plane designs and compare their performance

Case in Point​
​Learn about polymers and protein by creating plastic from milk and other household chemicals 

Non-Newtonian ​
Fluid Mechanics​
​Learn about viscosity and experiment with the special properties of non-newtonianfluids.​

Electrostatics​
​Learn about static electricity and experiment with its effects such as attraction, repulsion, and storing charges​

Bottle Rockets​
​Apply what was learned in “Science of Flight” and “Wind Tunnel Testing” to construct a bottle rocket​

Bottle Rockets​
​Redesign the bottle rockets based on the result of the last launch, and validate the effectiveness of the new design through a second launch​

Effects of Vibrations​
Explore the effects of vibrations on non-newtonianfluids

Polymerization​
​Learn more about the polymers and their properties, experimenting with the special properties of a polymer used in diapers​

Litmus Cabbage​
​Learn about pH by making your own pH indicator

Molecular Gastronomy​
​Experiment with food-safe substances to learn how chemicals can react with each other to change forms, and how these are used in the food industry​

Bottle Rockets​
​Launch the bottle rockets with different parameters (eg.water / air ratio, pressure, launch angle) and observe how they affect rocket performance, learning about the importance of experimentation and testing​

Conclusions & Certificates​
Finishing up work and experiments followed by a final thought sharing session, and certificate presentation for program completion​

Chemical Detective
​Conduct tests on various household chemicals to understand their pH​