It's Electric WonderWeek sponsored by Oxy

Time to power up! This WonderWeek is inspired by something we use every day but don't actually see - electricity! Electricity is all around us, zipping and zapping here and there from cables in the ground, above our roofs and within our walls at practically unfathomable speeds. Did you know that electricity is so fast that it travels at the speed of light, which is 186,282 miles per second! Most people know that electricity powers our cars, home, schools, and traffic lights..but did you know that even you are electric? Your brain generates enough electricity to power a lightbulb.

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Electricity is a fascinating thing, so we're sure you'll have a shockingly good time learning about it. Enjoy this WonderWeek full of buzzworthy, electric-themed activities and experiments!

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ON GOING ACTIVITIES:

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Electric Sky Landscape

Use crayons and watercolors to create a lightning storm!

Location: Art Academy

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Car of the Future

Design your own 3D paper car of your dreams!

Location: Junktion

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Robot Pull Toy

Design your own climbing, gliding robot!

Location: Junktion

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Snake Charmer

Explore static electricity with your own gravity defying tissue paper snake!

Location: Junktion

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Build a Circuit

Investigate circuitry and conductors using an Energy Stick. In addition to learning that humans can conduct electricity, you'll test other materials to make the circuit turn on.

Location: Science Station

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Playground Architects!

Create your own playground equipment out of popsicle sticks! Engineer working miniature swings, slides, merry-go-rounds, see-saws, monkey-bars, and more!

Location: Inventor's Workshop

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Glowing Up!

Build your own light wand, and then use it to make an amazing light-doodle work of art!

Location: Maker Annex

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Density Towers

Learn about density by making a small liquid column in a test tube you take home with you!

Location: Power Science Lab

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Pupil Response Chart

Learn about how the nervous system works together with eye muscles to dilate and constrict the pupils based on the amount of available light.

Location: Power Science Lab

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Field Guide to Native Insects

Build an insect guide you can fold, color, and take on your next nature hunt!

Location: EcoStation

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Card Sharks - Multiplication

Show your multiplication skills by collecting cards having the highest product.

Location: Math Cart