Families Learning Science Together
A hands-on science program for children and their parents or caregivers, Families Learning Science Together (FLST) is co-sponsored with the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) in downtown Ithaca, NY.
The FLST hands-on workshops encourage children and their parents to explore how materials interact with each other. Faculty, post doctoral associates, graduate and undergraduate students from Cornell University present hands-on science modules on a variety of materials science topics. The FLST programs are aimed at children ages 5-13, though all ages are welcome.
The program runs during the school year monthly on select Saturdays from 1pm - 2pm in the Thaler/Howell program room of the Tompkins County Public Library. All FLST programs are free to the public, but space is limited. Please reserve your spot by contacting us by email at outreach@ccmr.cornell.edu or by phone at (607) 255-9547. Drop-ins welcome if space allows.
Schedule of 2012 workshops and topics:
- April 14, 2012:Sounds of Science: Learn about the use of waves in medicine and music! Participate in activities that demonstrate how waves are used with ultrasounds and instruments.
- May 5, 2012:Bridge Building: Families will learn about structural engineering and what engineers have to consider when designing bridges. They will see how stresses are concentrated in materials and then try to build a drinking straw bridge to certain specifications.
- June 9, 2012:Magnetic Mad Libs: Learn how hard drives work! This activity will review basic principles of magnetism and help you understand how digital electronics store information in binary. Then we’ll act like hard drives by communicating messages with magnets.
- July 21, 2012:Catapults: Families will build and optimize a small catapult while learning basic principles of physics and the scientific process.
