Amanda Maass
Catawba Science Center
Field Trips
Schools visited the Center for scripted lessons created to meet state science standards. Common lessons I would implement include; Fire & Ice (5th), Inside & Out(5th), Push Me, Pull Me (K), Creature Feature (K), Sounds Good (2nd), and Weather Station (2nd).
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Summer Camp
During the Summer, educators are given a theme and plan a week of activities for participants.
African Safari
5th-6th grade
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Game for carrying capacity of a cheetah
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How far can a Rhino smell activity
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Scaled replica of Asian verses African Elephant
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Crayon Resist using local animal & plants
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Meet python, tarantula, Madagascar hissing cockroaches
Move It! Move It!
1st- 3rd grade
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Design and make a marble run using Styrofoam tubing
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Make a kite
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Rubber ducky race
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Children received a small toy at the end of each day that demonstrated physics concept ex; slinky, spin tops, etc.
Fascinating Ryhthms
1st-3rd grade
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Each day children made an instrument
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Teen volunteers brought in and played musical instruments
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Sounds in nature stations
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Pitch stations
Outreach
Hart Square
Outreach
BOBfest
Outreach
Gravity Games
Outreach
A regional gathering of amateur astronomers hosted at the science center. I led a station about how craters on the moon are formed.
Hart Square village preserves the log structures, trades and culture around the historic structures. At this event we promoted the interactive exhibit, American Adventure; surviving 1607 Jamestown. We presented animal pelts and antique hand drill.
The Gravity Games are an opportunity for students to design and build gravity-powered cars, then race them through the streets. We brought animal friends, slime, and liquid nitrogen experiments to promote registration.