Educators - Invention Playground

Intergalactic exploration with fuzzy, funny creatures called Pod Pals challenges children to investigate concepts like gravity as they determine how to build super-tall, super-strong towers. Participants develop creative design skills and help the Pod Pals travel the galaxy by inventing the ultimate spaceship controls and then building and launching spaceships.

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Pod Pals Cruise the Galaxy Aligns to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards

Children explore the science of sound using vibrations, sound waves and specialized sound locators — their ears. This unit builds language development skills, illustrates how sound is organized into patterns and gives participants the opportunity to invent musical instruments and sound amplifiers.

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Shake, Rattle and Roll Aligns to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards

Young learners explore career paths that take them to the depths of the ocean, far into outer space and everywhere in between. Children engage in STEM learning as they discover what it’s like to be a chemist, a veterinarian, an architect and a rocket scientist. 

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Zoom Aligns to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards

Children use postcard clues from Auntie Jaz to help them uncover a secret Mystery Present. Through the clues, participants experience different countries and become familiar with the properties of buoyancy, circuitry and the science of bubbles. Each STEM activity links back to Auntie Jaz's world travels and gets children one step closer to the Mystery Present.

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Mystery Presents Aligns to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards