Pleasantville Recreation Offers "Sciensational" Workshops

From the Pleasantville Recreation Department:

Sciensational Workshops

August 15 – August 19

Electronic Lab 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Ages: 6 – 11Fee: $160.00

Learn about electronics the best way possible. You will experiment and take home your own Electronic Lab Kit. You will get to build a super race car engine sound, electric fan, motion detector, power microphone, trombone sounds, space war sounds, and so many more neat projects. That’s not all! It is not just about building. You will learn what direct current is and which materials conduct electricity. Learn what happens when you place batteries in series. Learn what resistors and capacitors do and so much more. Better yet, make your own battery. Make a mind reading game, a musical doorbell, and lie detector, control electronic currents by the clap of your hands, and still more than that. Yes, it is Sciensational Workshop’s way of Science. Fun, hands on and educational!

Hover Craft – Design your own Vehicle-Egg Drop Car12:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Ages: 6 – 11Fee: $160.00

Do you want to design and build things that you create – not just a model you purchase? Well, this is the place for you. Build and keep an air powered Hover Craft. You make it defy gravity. Once it’s up and moving, then using your creativity, control its direction.

Get to build and take home your own car. The purpose is to build a super car powered by more than one source of energy. This can be one crazy looking vehicle. We provide you with many materials for that dynamic vehicle that you will build.

You also get to build an Egg Drop Car. The purpose is to build a gravity vehicle that can cushion a raw egg as the car holding the egg is dropped from a high height. We provide you with the material to cushion the fall. You have to be creative.

In these three challenges in one workshop, you will learn about Laws of Motion, Energy, Air Pressure, Friction, Lift, Speed and Acceleration. You are never to young to learn and have fun in a Sciensational hands on way!

Please bring lunch if you register for both workshops!

Register here or contact the Pleasantville Recreation Department at 769-7950.