For Educators

A Guided tour with a SEE educator provides an opportunity for visitors to engage more deeply with SEE’s exhibit experiences and with each other. Featured: A tour includes guided group experiences geared to the age of the participants.  These exhibits and topics are frequently included on a tour: the Van…

Students engage in an introductory lab experience and make silly putty. Featured: Students get their hands deep into science when they combine two liquid substances and create their own silly putty to take home. Participants are encouraged to get a little messy and to think about the different ways they…

Through hands on chemistry in a lab setting, participants discover, experience and identify chemical reactions Featured: Students participate in one group demo, then conduct four different hands-on experiments for themselves in small groups.  Participants use lab equipment and are given the opportunity to gain confidence and familiarity in a lab…

Through a mystery model build, scavenger hunt and discussion, participants are encouraged to think about resource use and management historically and today. Featured: Students build a mystery model using instructions.  The models they build can be found in the SEE Science Center’s acclaimed LEGO® Millyard Project. Students work together to…

Participants are guided to use their creativity, communication, teamwork and problem solving skills to design a vehicle that will travel the furthest distance. Featured: Participants are divided into teams of 3 to 4.  Teams are challenged to design and build a vehicle using  LEGO® pieces  to travel the greatest distance…

Participants are guided to use 21st century skills including creativity, communication, teamwork and problem solving  to win a race the slowest way possible. Featured: Participants are divided into teams of 3 or 4.  Teams are challenged to create a track for a magnetic marble to travel from top to bottom…

A traveling demonstration program that explores basic scientific principles using exciting interactive demonstrations. Featured: This program includes a variety of demonstrations which may include Combustion, Chemical Reactions, Observations, Polymers, Problem Solving, Optical Illusions, and Recycling… some which go off with a bang! Connections: The presenter uses the demonstrations to introduce…