Physics
Electric Car
Explore what Fleming’s left hand rule is, and how a combination of an electric field and a magnetic field combined induces a force to create movement.
3D Display: Augmented reality (AR)and Virtual reality (VR)
Students learn about the principles of perceiving depth and three-dimensionality and learn about cues applied to 3D displays. They also engage in hands-on science using an AR science kit.
Foldscope
Learn how lenses refract light to magnify images. Create the simple paper microscope – the foldoscope to use as a cheap and more available version of the microscope.
Pan Flute
What are the basics of a soundwave? Manipulate the wavelength of sounds with different length tubes to create a simple pan flute. Make sure you’re accurate!
PepperGram Projector
Let’s make movie magic come to reality. By using the reflective property of light, create a PepperGram inverted pyramid to make a 2D video come to life.
Under Construction
Home Radio
What is sound and how does it travel? Explore the concept of waves and information through building a simple version of a radio.
E&M Generation
Use the relationship between electricity and magnetism to design a power generator to light a lightbulb. Learn the concept of induction and fields.
Pinhole Polaroid
How do we see things? How does a camera? Inspired from the design of the first camera created, learn about information processing via light.
Foil Buoyancy
Ever wonder how ships weighing much more than a pebble stays floating while the pebble sinks? Learn about buoyancy and design a foil ship to be carry the most weight.
Engineering
Battery-free Fan
Let’s make a battery-free fan by understanding inertia and angular momentum. We invite you to the world of engineering where you can spend the hot summer cool.
Tower Building
Using your understanding of force distribution, build the highest tower you can. The tower must be stable enough to stand on its own. Plan carefully and build precisely to see who can build the tallest tower.
Balloon Car
Explore the components of propulsion. Design a simple air powered car using concepts of force application, direction, and motion.
Water Wheel
How is electricity generated? Use one of the oldest methods of power generation by designing your own water mill. Test how much your design generates against other teams.
Egg Drop
In the world of transportation, safety is the highest priority. Using limited budget and time constraints, design a vehicle for an egg to drop safely from a great height.
Mousetrap Car
Wind energy through balloons is one way to power a vehicle. Let’s try something a bit more complex by using the energy stored in springs.
Chemistry
Gas Rocket
Use the power of chemistry to power a bottle rocket. Understand how reactions can cause gas to be produce, and harness the increase in pressure to push the rocket to the sky.
Bouncy Ball
Learn about the states of matter and polymers through making bouncy balls and slime with the same ingredients. Explore how a liquid and a solid (powder) can mix to form something different.
Cabbage pH Indicator
Why do things taste bitter or sour? Use the juice extracted from red cabbage to find out what household liquids are acidic or basic.
Vitamin C Titration
Explore a method scientists use to estimate the amount of a certain thing inside a solution without trying to count each molecule. Use titration to see how much vitamin C there is.
Computer Science
Breadboard
We take technology for granted today. How does plastic and metal think? Learn the fundamentals of electronics and computers by wiring a bread board.
Binary Code
Learn the language of computers. How do we go from a single switch to information we humans can understand? How do we encode information the other way?
Biology
DNA Extraction
What is DNA? Learn about how our bodies and all living things are formed, and unlock the secret code of life. Extract your own DNA from your cells and see what it looks like.
Blood Type
What differentiates the types of blood, and how do we get them? How do we test what type we have? Let’s test to see what our blood types are and guess what types our parents have.
Skin Care
Attend our special lecture on how to properly take care of your skin, our largest organ. Learn how lotion and sunblock work, and how to treat different diseases.
Heart and Lung
How much work does your heart do over your lifetime? Learn about how the heart and lung interact to keep us alive. Test how healthy you are by measuring your heart rate and blood pressure.
Under Construction
Chlorophyll Chromatography
People and animals eat plants to live. But what do plants eat then? Explore photosynthesis through chlorophyll extraction and chromatography to find out how plants thrive.
Our Senses
Explore how we interact with the world. This is five short lessons and tests on how our body and mind work together to interpret what’s going on outside our body.