Curious Kids Holiday Program

Requirements

- Appropriate for children aged 4 to 6 years

- Maximum 30 students

- 10 to 12 tables arranged around the edge of the room

- Chairs are not required

- Duration 60 minutes

- Set up time 30 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes

Cost

- $235 inc. GST for 1 program.
- $190 inc. GST for each successive program on the same day
Magnetic top spinner
Hands on Activities

The Vortex
Race the coins down the spiral!
Mirror Mirages
 What makes the image hover in the air?
X-rays sleuth
 Can you identify the animal?
Balancing Birds
 Perch the birds on your head, shoulder, hand or foot
Tornado Twister
 Create a tornado in a bottle!
Stomping Rockets!
 Launch a rocket with all of your might!
The Big Wheel 
 Help spin the magnetic top around the big iron loop!
Slippery Snakes 
 Try to hold onto these little critters
Fantastic Fountain 
 Turn the bottles upside down and watch the water rise
Frog Flip Out!
 Push these frogs and watch them hop!
Magic Microphones
 Make a sound, see the vibrations.
Pin Head 
 Make a 3D model of your body
Gears! Gears! Gears!
 Can you make all the gears move?
Rainmakers
 Make the balls spiral down, how does the noise happen?
Loopy Liquids
 How do the turbulent liquids keep moving and moving?
Stop That Noise!
 Spin the noisemaker around and around, quick and slow
Marvellous Magnets
 Identify which items will stick to the magnetic wands
Gyro-Fly Wheels 
 How fast can you make the magnets spin?
Optical Illusions
 How does your brain work
Mixing your words
 A classic demonstration on psychology - can you beat the test?
3D Images
 How do they work?
Building bridges
 Can you build a bridge to stand the test of time?
Bumpy mirrors
 Investigate convex vs concave mirrors
Magic glasses
 View the entire visible light spectrum through these cool glasses
Hand stampers
 Identify animal tracks in the soil
Boomwhackers
 Does the length of the tube change the pitch of the sound?

This program is an adaption of our preschool programs, with the addition of a science show to keep them entertained!

The program begins with a interactive science show to get their minds started, followed by an introduction to the many hands on experiments that they can explore themselves!

This program should be run with the help of your vacation care staff so that the program can run smoothly and effectively.
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