April Vacation Science
*The event has already taken place on this date: Thu, 04/13/2017
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
For more information about TMSC's vacation programs, please call 860-677-8571. Cancellations or postponements will be distributed to WTIC AM/FM, WFSB Channel 3 and NBC Connecticut Channel 30. Bus transportation from Avon & W. Hartford is provided per the schedule below. No private cars to TMSC, please.
Bus Pickup Location:
Bishops Corner Library, Starkel Road, West Hartford--AM Pickup 8:30am/PM Dropoff 3:15pm
Sperry Park inner lot, Avon--AM Pickup 8:45am/PM Dropoff 3:30pm
Design, build, test and compete with LEGO Mindstorms robots - you’ll work in teams to help find ways robots can save the planet while playing our “Research Roundup” robot game!
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Learn what’s inside the things you use everyday and the simple machines that make them possible. Design and build things with LEGO® to solve problems and challenges!
Want to know how to fool your friends? To do tricks with rings, coins, cards, cups and balls and more? You’ll learn how to do a dozen or more tricks with everyday objects, and the science behind... read more
Learn about the clouds above us, the rain that falls and the winds that blow! Feel a hurricane and make a tornado! You can even make your own snow in springtime, and learn how to forecast the... read more
From vernal pools to budding trees, from bugs and slugs to salamanders and pond life, spring is a great time to find out what’s alive all around us. Work in the field and the lab to discover all... read more
What makes a magic trick work? What makes science demos amazing? You’ll learn about sleight of hand and make some gimmick tricks. You’ll see, make and learn about illusions and the science, math... read more
Design, build, test and compete LEGO Mindstorms robots - you’ll work in teams to complete the missions on one of the FIRST LEGO League robot games.
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Ever want to design something new? Create something on your own? Take something apart and figure out how it work? This 3D printing and Makerspace class allows students to do just that! With a wide... read more
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