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Palouse Discovery Science Center
OPEN: Tuesday 10am-5pm, Wed-Saturday 10am-3pm
Holiday Hours: CLOSED Dec. 29th & 30th
3rd-5th
Lessons
Plant It! (Pre K-3)
How do seeds travel? Where and how can a plant survive? What is the life-cycle of a plant? Students will be answering these questions and more as they participate in a series of hands-on experiments and games. This lesson is also regionally related as local plants and how they grow on the Palouse will also be investigated.
Sensational Sound (Pre K-8)
This lesson takes a deeper look at sound as a form of energy. Students will be learning how this energy can travel through mediums, and how pitch and frequency are affected by mass. Hands on experiments, as well as teacher demonstrations aid in illustrating how sound waves work.
Know the Glow (Pre K-12)
Students explore diffraction of white light into colors. Inquiry based experiments will be conducted in which students will predict which objects may contain phosphors that will fluoresce. Real world applications in technology will be discussed.
Planetarium Show (grades PreK-12)
Your class will be treated to a one-of-a-kind astronomical adventure in our inflatable planetarium. Learn about the outer space topic of your choosing: planets in our solar system and galaxy, constellations, the universe, new astronomical discoveries, and more! Our shows will leave your students with a greater understanding and appreciation for our solar system and the universe.
3 Billy Goats Gruff (grades 1-3)
What do the goats need to get to a greener pasture? A bridge of course! This lesson will have students learning the basics of engineering as they learn about ancient architecture and then plan and build bridges to deliver goats of various weights safely to their new pasture.
Kitchen Chemistry (grades 1-3)
Acids, bases, gasses, liquids, solids, fizzing, bubbling, explosions…Students will be learning the basics of chemistry as they conduct hands-on experiments with candy and kitchen items.
Fantastic Fossils (grades 1-3)
What is a fossil? How are fossils made? What can we learn from them? Students will be learning how fossils are made, handling fossils, sorting them into groups, understanding the basic concepts of fossil history through a game, and modeling the fossil creating process through a hands-on activity.
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! (grades 1-5) Only offered in the Spring and Summer
This lesson uses live bugs from local water sources to conduct scientific investigations! Students will be comparing the life cycles of various bugs as well as performing experiments while making observations and inferences about bug behavior.
Owl Pellets (grades 1-5)
What is an owl pellet? What is inside one? In this exploration-based lesson, students dissect an owl pellet and try to determine what prey was eaten by reassembling the bones. This lesson incorporates ecology, physiology, and anatomy.
Superhero Science (grades 1-6)
How can the Invisible Woman be invisible? How would a superhero safely throw a ball of flames? This lesson focuses on the science of superhero powers through a series of demonstrations and hands-on activities. Students will learn how light can be bent, what it takes to make something burn, and how the human body collects electricity in this lesson!
Charge It Up! (grades 1-6)
Students will take a closer look at atoms and how static electricity works. Through a series of hands on activities and Van de Graff Generator demonstrations, students will predict the behavior of objects as they charge, lose their charge, or remain neutral.
Optical Illusions (grades 2-8)
Enjoy tricking your brain? Students will have the opportunity to learn more about the interaction between their eyes, brain, and light (optics) in this tricky lesson. How does light behave? How do we see? What are illusions? These are just a few questions answered in this lesson as students view demonstrations and participate in hands-on activities.
Electrical energy (grades 2-12)
Students will be learning about electrical circuits and how the energy from these circuits can be changed into other forms of energy as they view demonstrations and build their own circuits.
Rockin' Rockets (grades 3-5)
Blastoff with this fun fueled field trip all about rockets and Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion! Students will be learning how air pressure and Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion are involved in rocketry. This lesson will consist of hands-on activities, demonstrations with a vacuum pump, and the opportunity to launch an Alka-Seltzer rocket.
The Sound of Light (grades 4-6)
if your students think that Alexander Graham Bell’s best invention was the telephone, wait until they see this! Using simple materials, students will demonstrate how Mr. Bell showed, in 1881, that the sound of his voice could be transmitted by light using his photo-phone. This lab is a great way to learn about multiple energy transformations. The development of fiber optic cables and their use in present day technology will also be investigated.
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Please Note:
Free Child Passes will not be honored for groups of ten children or more, nor will they be applicable to field trip payment. Membership cards are also not an applicable field trip payment.