Instructors: Ashley, Erica, Amy H, Amy K, Hannah
2023-2024 WINTER SESSIONS
Slime Making!
A seemingly simple experiment... with so many things to discover! The girls used glue, slime activator, and food coloring (with other decorations) to mix and design some colorful slime!
Marshmallow Towers!
Using marshmallows and spaghetti sticks, the girls created towers to see who would build the tallest one!
Butter Making!
A staple food that goes along with bread, potatoes, meat, and is in almost every dessert... For their second lesson, the girls made homemade butter using heavy cream and salt!
Lava Lamps
Using Airborne vitamin tablets and equal proportions of oil and water, the girls created a DIY lava lamp. Together, they explored the concepts of density and how changes in density can lead to some pretty liquid interactions!
Sound Amplification!
Other than increasing the volume on our smartphones, the girls explored alternative, creative ways to turn up our sound!They used plastic cups, bottles, and various other materials, to see what maximized the sound!
Boat making!
Who's boat can stay up the longest? Learning about buoyancy can be a tricky concept, but the girls explored it through making their own boats with aluminum foil, wooden sticks, paper, cardboard, and various materials. Then, they tested it out using coin weights!
MIT WINTER COLLABORATION
Instructors: Yoon, Yumin, Erin
2023 - 2024 SPRING SESSIONS
Let's make ice cream!
For their first session, the girls used vanilla extract, heavy whipping cream, milk, and sugar to make a sweet treat for themselves! Then, they used salt and ice cubes to imitate the necessary temperature needed for the liquid to freeze... Yum!
Rainbows!... in a cup??
Using the different densities of various liquids, the girls explored the concept of density to make beautiful rainbow layered liquids in a cup!
Strawberries had DNA too?
On their third lesson together, the girls extracted strawberry DNA from the frozen strawberries!
Working with Tensegrity Kits!
On the last week, the girls worked with simple model tensegrity kits, exploring different structures to see how they could build a unique standing skeletal structure!
