Your students become scientists during our 50-minute ScienceWorks Labs that provide hands-on experience with a variety of topics identified in the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations. Each lab includes pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities. Labs are available year-round for preschool to middle school students.
Sign up for a ScienceWorks Lab as the perfect compliment to a Field Trip!
Download the Field Trip brochure or scroll down to see a list of our Labs.
Make math fun and reinforce important skills. Practice place value, using simple coordinate systems and solving open equations while being a number in our math games. (For older students, the challenges are more difficult.) Register today!
Someone has broken into the Museum van and stolen a laptop! Become Museum detectives and use forensic science and real lab techniques to analyze evidence to crack the case. Register today!
Investigate how the eye works by dissecting a real cow eye. Students connect the functions observed to the structures within the eye. Register today!
Additional materials fee: $30 per class.
Students will experiment with momentum, kinetic and potential energy by building roller coasters in teams. Let the forces of physics take you for a ride! Register today!
Students will be “wired” after this electrifying introduction to circuits. Explore the two types of circuits and the parts that make them work. Build a burglar alarm and more with our safe, interlocking electronic components. Register today!
Discover the energy in sound waves and make waves that travel through different states of matter. Listen for pitch, frequency and discover the amazing physics of sound. Register today!
Look beyond the four stages of the water cycle and get a first-hand look at the many paths of a water molecule. Where does the rain come from and where does it go after it hits the ground? With activities and movement, students begin to answer these and other questions about water. Register today!
Explore light and optics as we learn how light travels, the difference between reflection and refraction. Discover what color light really is using flashlights, lenses, special glasses and more. Register today!
Make math fun and reinforce important skills. Practice place value, using simple coordinate systems and solving open equations while being a number in our math games. Register today!
Push and pull your way through an exploration of force and simple machines. We’ll learn the golden rule of simple machines and explore how levers and inclined planes can make your work easier! Register today!
