After School with IQ Science
offers hands-on activities with various themes.
We only offer this program in coordination with the school/PTA as a fundraiser
In this new offering from IQ Science, we bring a wider array of activities to your school in an after-school program. While we get this program established, we are offering it as a fundraiser, asking to rely on the school or PTA to collect student registrations and fees to participate in the program (the school or PTA sets the price), and to schedule the room and time with facilities management. We also need adult helpers every week, which can come from PTA volunteers, or parents of students in the program who receive a discount on tuition for their help.
As an introductory rate, the PTA just pays IQ Science a flat rate of $175/meeting ($1050/6-week session) as a contractor, usually covered by the first 7-10 students to enroll. Programs can accommodate up to 32 students (although this can depend on the classroom size we meet in) so that's a lot of potential earning for the PTA . Suggested price: $20-25/student/meeting (so a 6-week program is $120-150/student) . Click below to view a sample flyer which we would customize for your school to use.
As an introductory rate, the PTA just pays IQ Science a flat rate of $175/meeting ($1050/6-week session) as a contractor, usually covered by the first 7-10 students to enroll. Programs can accommodate up to 32 students (although this can depend on the classroom size we meet in) so that's a lot of potential earning for the PTA . Suggested price: $20-25/student/meeting (so a 6-week program is $120-150/student) . Click below to view a sample flyer which we would customize for your school to use.
Each meeting of After School with IQ Science includes at least one project for the students to keep and take home with them. Meetings will run approximately 70 minutes, so students can get settled, have snack, and start handing out supplies before the 1 hour of science begins. For example, if the bell rings at 4:08pm, start time would be 4:15, clean-up time would be at 5:15 and pick up time from a meeting would be 5:20pm.
Topics for grades 3-5
Rise of the Machines
3 weeks of simple and compound machines; 3 weeks of egg-citing building
An exploration of ramps, levers, screws, and pulleys. Students will begin by building basic simple machines. They will move on to investigate common household tools to see how simple machines are combined into compound machines. Students will design a launch apparatus and contraption to keep an egg safe when falling - an astronaut capsule, a landing pad, or a box to be placed on a wheeled vehicle -- starting with testing materials and moving up to build, and then reducing the size of the build
An exploration of ramps, levers, screws, and pulleys. Students will begin by building basic simple machines. They will move on to investigate common household tools to see how simple machines are combined into compound machines. Students will design a launch apparatus and contraption to keep an egg safe when falling - an astronaut capsule, a landing pad, or a box to be placed on a wheeled vehicle -- starting with testing materials and moving up to build, and then reducing the size of the build
Kitchen Science
3 weeks of food chemistry plus
3 weeks of thermodynamics (how we keep hot things hot and cold things cold)
This introduction to chemistry uses food ingredients to demonstrate emulsions, solutions & gels, fats & proteins in dairy, and leavening agents. Students will make a mug cake mix from scratch to take home and cook for dessert! Students will begin with experiments to test the insulating abilities of different materials. From there, they will build and refine their own box to keep things cool, or hot. We will draw on examples from animals, food science, and architecture as we look for insulation inspiration!
3 weeks of thermodynamics (how we keep hot things hot and cold things cold)
This introduction to chemistry uses food ingredients to demonstrate emulsions, solutions & gels, fats & proteins in dairy, and leavening agents. Students will make a mug cake mix from scratch to take home and cook for dessert! Students will begin with experiments to test the insulating abilities of different materials. From there, they will build and refine their own box to keep things cool, or hot. We will draw on examples from animals, food science, and architecture as we look for insulation inspiration!
Wave Hello
Students will discover the properties of light and sound waves by building amplifiers, communicating light insects, examining refraction with prisms, and orbees, and finally testing their skills in a game of reflection relay with mirrors and light! Students will take home their rainbow glasses in addition to their projects
“Fact of the Matter”
Students will spend 3 weeks investigating liquids, then 3 weeks on gasses.
Liquid activities will explore cohesions and surface tension, Brownian motion, density, miscibility, and colloids. Hands-on projects will include zip boats, magic milk, gak, density columns, and Cartesian divers. Gas activities will demonstrate that gas has matter, creates pressure, and can act on other objects, often in quite a dynamic fashion. Hands-on explorations will involve balloons, candles, Alka-Seltzer “rockets,” soda can crushing and restoration, plus a grande finale in week 6. The students will keep and take home many of their experiments.
Liquid activities will explore cohesions and surface tension, Brownian motion, density, miscibility, and colloids. Hands-on projects will include zip boats, magic milk, gak, density columns, and Cartesian divers. Gas activities will demonstrate that gas has matter, creates pressure, and can act on other objects, often in quite a dynamic fashion. Hands-on explorations will involve balloons, candles, Alka-Seltzer “rockets,” soda can crushing and restoration, plus a grande finale in week 6. The students will keep and take home many of their experiments.
It's Alive
A look at living things with a focus on plants, microbes in pond water, and insects. Students will examine real fossils, and have the opportunity to adopt a Madagascar hissing cockroach, with parental permission.
Our Specialty
How To Do an At-Home Science Project
3-week tutoring course for grade 5 on how to do an at-home science project. Week 1 explores topics to choose from. Week 2 explores the steps needed to choose a test variable, confirm the controls, and set up an experiment based on a cool observation made in week 1. Week 3 is an on-line zoom call of up to 20 minutes per student to check-in with their experiments from home to ask questions
Topics for K-2
These are only 2 or 3 week programs.
suggested $15-$20/student/week.
recommended meeting time would be 1 hour maximum (If the bell rings at 4:08, pick-up time would be 5:10pm)
recommended meeting time would be 1 hour maximum (If the bell rings at 4:08, pick-up time would be 5:10pm)
weather the storm
an introduction to dynamic weather patterns like the seasons, wind, and lightening, plus hands-on activities to understand why they're not so scary!
what's the solution?
Liquids, mixtures, solutions, gak
more to come...
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