• Raining Cats and Dogs
  From puppy paw prints to cuddly kittens, discover new facts about the pets in your life. Meet a real turtle and learn all about animals!
  
  Mondays: January 25;
  February 1, 8
  
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• Dynamic Dinos
  Learn about dinosaurs from Albertosaurus to Zuniceratops. Explore real fossils and dress up as your favorite dino! Visit the feature exhibition Be the Dinosaur.
  
  Mondays: February 22;
  March 1, 8
  
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• Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
  From "Choo Choo" to "Vroom Vroom"! Earn your wings as we explore all things that go. Be the conductor of a train and captain of a plane. Make your own car to take home.
  
  Mondays: March 15, 22, 29
  
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• Flower Power
  
  Take advantage of our warmer weather and discover how bodacious botany can be! What do seeds need? What are the parts of a plant? Learn all this and more as we make nature collages and terrariums to take home.
  
  Mondays: April 5, 12, 26
  
  
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• Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
  
  Discover the parts of your body, from your eyes and ears to your mouth and nose! Look at x-rays to see what's inside. Make funny face art and play body part bingo.
  
  Mondays: May 3, 10, 17
  
  
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• Shape Up
  
  Do you know your shapes? Build a city with cylinders and make spin art with circles. go on a scavenger hunt to spot shapes, colors, and patterns. Then create your own patterns by mixing many materials.
  
  Mondays: June 7, 14, 21
  
  
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• Fur, Feathers, and Scales
  What makes a mammal, a mammal? How can you tell a reptile from an amphibian? Explore everyday animals, from cats and dogs to turtles and birds. Make your own pet to take home!
  
  Mondays: January 25;
  February 1, 8
  
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• Jurassic Journey
  Did Triceratops live at the same time as T. Rex? Discover dinosaurs from the Jurassic period and more! Compare your footprint to one left by an ancient beast. Hatch a dino egg and dig for fossils. Visit the feature exhibition Be the Dinosaur.
  
  Mondays: February 22;
  March 1, 8
  
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• Engine Escapades
  Hop on the bus, train, car, plane, and more as we learn about the vehicles that transport people and the engines that make them go.
  
  Mondays: March 15, 22, 29
  
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• How Does Your Garden Grow?
  Do all plants have flowers? Why can cows eat grass, but we can't? Answer these questions and dig in the dirt to learn the science of soil as we discover the path of a plant from seed to tree. Plant your own seed to take home and watch it grow.
  
  Mondays: April 5, 12, 26
  
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• Science of Me
  Discover the science behind the workings of the human body as you explore food digesting, muscle functioning, and heart pumping. Test your reflexes and make working lungs!
  
  Mondays: May 3, 10, 17
  
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• Colorful Kaleidoscopes
  Creating colorful kaleidoscopes is just the start of asking about angles, learning about lines, and picking out patterns. We'll use mirrors to bend light and sample with symmetry as we discover the science of shapes.
  
  Mondays: June 7, 14, 21
  
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• Sound It Out
  
  Let's hear it for science, loud and clear! Learn how your ears work, and make your very own musical instruments. Experiment with sound waves and echoes. Feel the vibrations!
  
  
  Saturday: December 5
  
   
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• Pet Parade
  
  Do cats always land on their feet? Where do wild Guinea Pigs live? Discover the answer to these questions and more as we find out about our furry friends.
  
  
  Saturday: January 9
  
   
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• Dino Roars!
  
  Take a journey back in time to discover the land of the dinosaurs. How big were they? Where did they live? Become a junior paleontologist to answer these questions and more! Visit the feature exhibition Be the Dinosaur.
  
  
  Saturday: February 6
  
   
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• Rev It Up!
  
  Climb aboard out transportation adventure to explore trains, boats, planes, trucks, and other fun ways to get from here to there. Design your own traveling machine!
  
  
  Saturday: March 6
  
   
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• Mysterious Matter
  
  Whether it is a solid, liquid, gas, plasma, or non-Newtonian fluid, matter is what matters! Grab your goggles and get ready to mix it up with matter and basic chemistry.
  
  
  Saturday: March 27
  
   
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• Nature Capers
  
  Get a jump start on Earth Day as we explore the wonders of our natural world. Learn how humans can affect habitats and ecosystems and the plants and animals that live in them. Make crafts from natural and recycled materials to take home.
  
  
  Saturday: April 10
  
   
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• The Human Machine
  
  How is your body like a machine? What food makes the best fuel to give you energy? Learn the inner workings of the human body as we test how your limbs work like levers and your heart uses fluid dynamics.
  
  
  Saturday: May 1
  
   
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• Wits, Watts, and Wires
  
  Elect electricity to illuminate your mind! Make shocking discoveries as we create circuits and switches. Learn how to turn a nail into a magnet, make lightning, and "magically" move a can without touching it.
  
  
  Saturday: May 22
  
   
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• Mirror, Mirror
  
  What's the most fun of all? Science! Investigate reflection and symmetry as you experiment with flat and curved mirror surfaces, make kaleidoscopes, learn about angles, and play symmetry games.
  
  
  Saturday: June 12
  
   
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Inquiry Corner

Come to the RMSC after school and have some hands-on fun! The class meets for three consecutive Wednesdays from 4-5:30pm in the Carlson Inquiry Room. This is a chance for youth ages 6-8 to explore science, nature, technology, and more.

$30 per child