Assembly Program
Grades K – 8
The Science Genie features three exciting science topics, each filled with spectacular experiments. You choose which three. Select from the following:
- Sound: Your ears will be astonished as you hear how vibrations cause an incredible variety of sounds using tubes, boxes, fire and more!
- Lasers: What makes a laser different from a normal light? Watch enlightening experiments with invisible ultraviolet light, bending laser beams and a high powered musical finale.
- Weird Science: You won’t believe your eyes as we present the screaming stick, the electric pickle, the flying French fries and other discrepant events.
- Physics: Forces and Newton’s laws of motion await. You’ll witness how high balls can bounce, watch a tablecloth disappear from under a stack of dishes and see the World’s Fastest Pencil!
- Chemistry: Amazing reactions that change color, glow and explode!
- Electricity: Have a hair-raising experience and compare static electricity to high frequency alternating current.
- Human Body: Explore your organs, tissues and cells. See how muscles make you move and listen to a heartbeat.
- Combustion: Learn about heat, matter and the fire triangle. Brace yourself for experiments like the flaming vortex and the chemical cannon!
- Animals: Meet two live animals, and compare their adaptations to yours.
- Liquid Nitrogen: Our newest and coolest module uses a liquid that’s 320 degrees below zero! Among the astonishing things this super-cold substance can do: shrinking metal, erupting fog, launching miniature rockets and more. It’s a great companion to the combustion module for learning about matter, energy and chemistry.
CT Grades PreK – 5 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.
K.1 Objects have properties that can be observed and used to describe similarities and differences.
A 1 Use the senses and simple measuring tools, such as rulers and equal-arm balances, to observe common objects and sort them into groups based on size, weight, shape or color.
A 3 Count objects in a group and use mathematical terms to describe quantitative relationships such as: same as, more than, less than, equal, etc.
K.2 Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth.
A 4 Describe the similarities and differences in the appearance and behaviors of plants, birds, fish, insects and mammals (including humans).
1.1 The sun appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes gradually over the seasons.
A 10 Describe how the motion of objects can be changed by pushing and pulling.
1.2 Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs.
A 12 Describe the different ways that animals, including humans, obtain water and food.
A 14 Describe the structures that animals, including humans, use to move around.
1.3 organisms change in form and behavior as part of their life cycles.
A 15 Describe the changes in organisms, such as frogs and butterflies, as they undergo metamorphosis.
A 16 Describe the life cycles of organisms that grow but do not metamorphose.
1.4 The properties of materials and organisms can be described more accurately through the use of standard measuring units.
A 17 Estimate, measure and compare the sizes and weights of different objects and organisms using standard and nonstandard measuring tools.
2.1 Materials can be classified as solid, liquid, or gas based on their observable properties.
A 18 Describe differences in the physical properties of solids and liquids.
3.1 Materials have properties that can be identified and described through the use of simple tests.
B 1 Sort and classify materials based on properties such as dissolving in water, sinking and floating, conducting heat, and attracting to magnets.
B 2 Describe the effect of heating on the melting, evaporation, condensation and freezing of water.
3.2 Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.
B 3 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in land habitats
B 4 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in water habitats.
4.1 The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling.
B 8 Describe the effects of the strengths of pushes and pulls on the motion of objects.
B 9 Describe the effect of the mass of an object on its motion.
4.2 All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.
B 10 Describe how animals, directly or indirectly, depend on plants to provide the food and energy they need in order to grow and survive.
B 11 Describe how natural phenomena and some human activities may cause changes to habitats and their inhabitants.
4.4 Electrical and magnetic energy can be transferred and transformed.
B 14 Describe how batteries and wires can transfer energy to light a light bulb.
B 15 Explain how simple electrical circuits can be used to determine which materials conduct electricity.
5.1 Sound and light are forms of energy.
B 17 Describe the factors that affect the pitch and loudness of sound produced by vibrating objects.
B 19 Describe how light is absorbed and/or reflected by different surfaces.
5.2 Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.
B 20 Describe how light absorption and reflection allow one to see the shapes and colors of objects.
CT Grades 6 – 8 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.
Scientific inquiry progresses through a continuous process of questioning, data collection, analysis and interpretation.
Scientific inquiry requires the sharing of findings and ideas for critical review by colleagues and other scientists.
Scientific Literacy: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
Scientific literacy also includes the ability to search for and assess the relevance and credibility of scientific information found in various print and electronic media.
SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Scientific numeracy includes the ability to use mathematical operations and procedures to calculate, analyze and present scientific data and ideas.
6.1 Materials can be classified as pure substances or mixtures, depending on their chemical and physical properties.
C 1 Describe the properties of common elements, such as oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, iron and aluminum.
C 2 Describe how the properties of simple compounds, such as water and table salt, are different from the properties of the elements of which they are made.
6.2 An ecosystem is composed of all the populations that are living in a certain space and the physical factors with which they interact.
C 5 Explain how populations are affected by predator-prey relationships.
C 7 Describe the effect of heating on the movement of molecules in solids, liquids and gases.
7.1 Energy provides the ability to do work and can exist in many forms.
C 14 Describe how different types of stored (potential) energy can be used to make objects move.
7.2 Many organisms, including humans, have specialized organ systems that interact with each other to maintain dynamic internal balance.
C 16 Describe the structures of the human digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems, and explain how they function to bring oxygen and nutrients to the cells and expel waste materials.
C 17 Explain how the human musculoskeletal system supports the body and allows movement.
8.1 An object’s inertia causes it to continue moving the way it is moving unless it is acted upon by a force to change its motion.
C 23 Describe the qualitative relationships among force, mass and changes in motion.