Our first month at the Kiddie Science Lab has been busy, busy, busy!  As our existing programs begin to take root in our new home, we'd like to share with you a bit of what we've been learning about and exploring.

Our Big & Little Scientists explored the human body systems before moving on to our current study of food science, where we get to eat what we explore. During our time together we've learned about digestion, how our heart works, the function of mucus, and what germs are. For food science, we've become 'seed hunters' to help us classify foods, we've made fresh butter using science, and we've cut and chopped our way to a yummy salad.

Our two Home School Science groups have been busy exploring physical science, the study of nonliving things. We've so far explored states of matter, force (attract and repel), colors & light, chemistry, and electricity. All of our exploration has been in a hands-on manner that incorporates the Scientific Method and allows our young scientists ample opportunity for discussion and collaboration.

Our young scientists in the Science Saturdays program have been biologists. We've been busily studying living things at the Lab and having a great time doing so. So far, we have explored germs and other unseen things (and we even grew our own germs!), we've learned how to use handheld microscopes, explored the characteristics of invertebrates, dissected a worm, and we're learning to care for three new hermit crab friends; Harry, Henry, and Discover.

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Our exploration of the living world continues! Recently, the young scientists in the Home School Science program explored invertebrates, reptiles, and designed a living thing based on specific criteria. 

For our exploration of invertebrates, we observed live worms the conducted a dissection. The folks over at Carolina Biological were kind enough to include a very special surprise in our dissection kit. It was a surprise invertebrate to dissect!

The highlight of our exploration was the design-a-living-thing activity. By determining where their living thing lived, how and what it ate, how it moved, and what adaptation it had, our young scientists were able to design and name their own invented species. We combined prior knowledge and creativity to create a very fun project.

Our exploration of the living world continues! Over the course of three sessions, our young scientists explored botany, water, and the human body.

Along with the existence of liquid water, the composition of our air are unique to our planet. To expand our understanding of the role plants play in our air, we explored the anatomy of seeds, plants, and leaves. Our young scientists also created terrariums to care for at home. During our exploration of water, we explored the water cycle and conducted an experiment to explore how water pollution affects living things.

Our exploration of mammals focused on the human body. We recreated the digestive system and explored our cardiovascular system. We also conducted a fun experiment to learn how activities affect our heart rate.

Young scientists in the Home School Science program have been exploring the living world. Our sessions so far have consisted of an exploration of yeast as a living thing, the dissection of an owl pellet, and the exploration of marine creatures to compare and contrast anatomies.