Book your Outreach Program Today!
Spark! offers a variety of hands-on science outreach programs for your classroom, library, summer camp, or after school program. During an outreach program a museum educator will come to your school or community center and provide an engaging interactive science activity.
Schools unable to pay may be eligible to receive free or reduced admission.
To schedule your visit or outreach program, email Tiffany at educator@sparkwv.org or call (304) 292-4646.
Schedule a Science Night Program or one of our many Outreach Programs for your group!
SCIENCE NIGHT OUTREACH PROGRAM
Price: $150 (For schools outside Monongalia County, additional travel costs apply.)
Description: Schedule a Science Night program for your school or community center and Spark! will provide you with hands-on science activities for a two-hour period.
CLASSROOM OR AFTER SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Duration: 1 hour
Price: $100 per classroom (For schools outside Monongalia County, additional travel costs apply.)
Program: Bear’s Shadow
Age group: PreK, Kindergarten
Description: Specifically designed for younger audiences, this introduction to astronomy will engage learners through interactive activities about the Sun and its relationship with Earth.
Program: Grow Up Strong
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade
Description: What do we need to do to help stay healthy? Students find out through food chemistry experiments and other hands-on activities while discovering what is in our food, dental care, exercise through play, and stress relief.
Program: What is Nano Science?
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade
Description: What is smaller than small? Students will participate in hands-on activities to learn about nanoscience: the study of materials that are a billionth of a meter.
Program: Exploring Weather
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
Description: Find out more about weather phenomena through a variety of hands-on activities and experiments that investigate clouds, wind, thunderstorms, and tornadoes.
The Ins and Outs of Air Pressure
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
Description: What do kids and air molecules have in common? They both love to bounce around! In this program, students learn about air pressure while exploring how everyday objects respond to changes in pressure in a variety of engaging hands-on activities.
Operation Optics
Age group: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
Description: This program is an introduction to visible light and the basic principles of magnification. A series of experiments will take students through the principles of reflection, refraction, and optical illusions. Please note that this program requires the use of a darkened room with window access.
Rainbow Lab
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
Description: Your students are familiar with the colors of the rainbow, but do they know why we can see these colors? In this program, students explore the colorful world of the visible light spectrum through special equipment and hands-on activities. This program is altered to fit different grade levels.
Good Vibrations: The Science of Sound
Age group: PreK, Kindergarten
Description: Mixing science, stories, art, and music students will learn about the science behind sound –vibrations.
Good Vibrations: The Science of Sound
Age group: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade
Description: Through a series of demonstrations and hands-on activities, students will have the opportunity to visualize sound, while learning about the science behind sound – vibrations, frequencies, and wavelengths. This program is altered to fit different grade levels.
Density Dilemma
Age group: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade
Description: Will it sink or float? Using a variety of hands-on activities, students will learn about density, what happens when it changes, and how it impacts how different materials float, sink, and even separate.
Magnet Marvels
Age group: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade
Description: Explore the realm of invisible forces with magnets! This program introduces students to some of the basic properties of magnetism, gravity, and magnetic fields.
Ozobots
Age group: 2nd grade, 3rd grade
Description: An introduction to coding using robots and markers. This screen-free introduction to coding will teach your students the basics to coding using robots and color.
Support for field trips and outreach programs is provided by a grant through a collaborative effort between YCF and the Arts Council of Greater Morgantown, with funding from the City of Morgantown, the Monongalia County Commission and the Douglas H. Tanner Memorial Fund for the Arts and from the United Way of Monongalia and Preston County.