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Our classes are driven by

questions kids ask everyday. 
Wondering why can change the World. We believe this is true for scientists ages
2 to 100 yrs old, and our teaching faculty are passionate about inspiring kids of
all ages to learn through the most engaging hands-on science and STEAM
program available in the U.S. Every hands-on science class that we teach, is born
from a child’s question, such as “Why does my cereal get so soggy (absorption)?
or “Why does the grocery cart move when I push it (forces)?, or “Why can’t we
take a plane to the Moon?” - followed by real experiments for kids 2-12, in a
weekly 75-minute drop-off class.

We offer programming 12 months a year, all day, and at KSL it is 100% fun,
100% original content, and 100% hands-on science where kids are motivated to
build their problem-solving skills in one of our beautiful hands-on science labs.
Just as your child grows and changes, so do the benefits of the 300+ hands-on
science classes at Kids Science Labs.

We are all curious about something. Hands-on science is simply investigating the

questions that matter to us by physically doing something to learn. Kids ask so
many good questions and many of us learn best by touching and experimenting
with real stuff, rather than just reading, watching, or listening.

LOCATIONS

“ A great place for kids to learn that science is really fun. The instructors are
very passionate about what they do and are great at engaging kids.
— Harriet

2019 Academic Year Class Descriptions

Every class that we design at Kids Science Labs begins with a fundamental
question that is asked by kids everyday, and then hands-on science is used as a
vehicle for engaging, discovering, and learning through actual experience, not
just explanation.  Each week, we introduce new classes for kids. We have some
outstanding new classes for our students.  
Kids are curious about how things work, and whether its through sports, dance,
or exploring the sandbox at the park, we teach cool science to kids as young as 2
yrs old, to give them perspective, and start developing their creativity and need to
innovate early, so they can outperform the rest of their lives. No need to wait
until graduate school.

TODDLER DISCOVERY SCIENCE (24 – 42

MONTHS OLD)

At home, our 2-3 year olds are always exploring. They open cabinets, dump
ingredients on the floor, mix their dinner, and build with blocks. A toddler’s
natural curiosity about exploring the world is stimulated in our environment
designed specifically for their rapidly developing minds. Neuroplasticity takes
center stage, in this caregiver-child setting, where the experiments for our
youngest scientists are focused on practicing both their fine and gross motor
skills, enhancing their language acquisition, encouraging their discovery, and
understanding of how things work from colors to viscous (thick) liquids.   This is
a 60-minute series with active engagement for both caregiver and toddler.

INNOVATORS (PRE-K – KINDERGARTEN)

As kids learn to express their own creativity, they venture into the classroom
independently.  In our Innovators Program, our teachers help kids develop the
tools needed to approach experiments with a problem-solving, encourage their
design choices, and help them innovate design solutions to bring home.   Most
importantly, we inspire a love of learning in our innovators, while cultivating
their imagination and sense of wonder about the world. This is a 75-minute series
that is drop-off, with a new class every week.

INVESTIGATORS (1ST – 3RD GRADE)

As kids evolve within our program, they progress to our class for our 1st-3rd
graders.  Our Investigators Program enables kids to learn the KSL System of
Innovation that allows them build real life design principles and better appreciate
how mistakes are natural outcomes hands-on experimentation. Students in our
Investigators age group develop applied engineering and improve their growth
mindset to stretch the limits of what they believe to be possible. This includes
doing 3 – 4 experiments each week that help them develop real problem solving.

NEXGEN DESIGN LAB (4TH – 6TH GRADE)

Our LIFE’S Curriculum (Learning Innovation, Fun Engineering, and Science) is

on full display in this class designed to provide opportunities for kids to develop
greater abstract thinking and creative design skills.  Our NexGen class experience
challenges kids to tackle problems that require a higher level of critical thinking
and problem solving. Through an integrated STEAM approach, we ignite kids
passion and expand their creativity by applying real science to the question, with
up to 50% of the NGSS-based class focused on engineering design.

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Our Foundations
We categorize our classes and each series into six categories.  Our foundations
allow us to relate the series of classes we create during the academic year.    

How Stuff Works - Explores everyday fun questions that engage a child's

curiosity directly, such as How does a bike work? What's inside a toaster? Why
do cars slide in the rain? What makes a cushion soft? and How a refrigerator
works.  This foundation breaks down everyday questions into building blocks
that all kids can relate with. 

Science Fundamentals - Children fundamentally know the basic rules of their

world, like apples fall from trees and sharp objects will pop a balloon.  Here we
will investigate core science principles such as electricity, Newton's forces,
magnetism, properties of materials, water, properties of light, density and
measurement. Some common questions would include Why does honey move so
slow? What is a magnet? What is gravity and how does it work? What made that
balloon rise up? 
Planet Earth & Green Technology -  Children wonder about the natural world
every day. Understanding the relationships between our environment, the solar
system, animals, humans and energy sources is what this foundation is all about.
Topics include How to clean up oil spills and water ways? Why beavers are so
important to ecosystems? How to make their own rechargeable batteries?  What's
different about organic strawberries?

Creativity & Design - If your child likes to build and solve prolems, they will
love creativity & design. While How Stuff Works breaks things down, Creativity
& Design builds them back up. This foundation is all about how things are made,
construction, aeronautics, and accessing their true creativity with hands-on
science. Example questions explored would be how could you live in a mountain?
Can planes fly up? How to build skyscrapers? 

Physiology & Food Science - Does your child wonder why her heart beats, how
her stomach works, or is she curious about why she needs to eat healthy foods?
Kids will turn these questions into hands-on experiments that teach them the
mechanisms and functions of the human body as well as the relationship between
food, nutrition and energy. This series brings the concepts together to explore
topics such as Where did the burger go? What does our heart look like? How to
dissect a bug? Why does bread get stale? What is a cinnamon and why does it
smell so good? What exactly is "taste"?

Toddler Discovery Science, which offers individual discovery stations for

toddlers to explore science.  At home, our 2-3 yr olds are always exploring, they
open cabinets, dump ingredients on the floor, and mix their dinner.  All of these
activities are science and at Kids Science Labs, we don't hesitate to call pancake
mix a viscous solution because that's just a word kids will absorb and apply.  Our
Toddler Discovery Science classes are for kids to explore in groups with 6-8
parent/child families, where they have the freedom to engage, ask, and
understand natural things they are curious about.