WEEK 5: Mon-Fri, July 14-18, PM 12:00-3:00
PHOTONICS WEEK: Capture some photons and examine the nature of color, wave energy, and particle physics. We will experiment with mirrors, lenses, and lasers, and learn how cameras, microscopes, and telescopes work. We will use spectroscopes to examine the fingerprint of elements in the periodic table and observe how electrons emit and absorb photons while making "quantum" leaps in their orbits. We will examine how certain elements provide the color of fireworks. Finally we use the planetarium to watch Seeing, a show about how our eyes can see light as we follow some photons from a distant star to an astronomer's eyes. On Saturday, July 20, celebrate the day in 1969 that Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
SCI-TECH SUMMER MAKERS 2025
New England Sci-Tech Summer Makers are young inventors, coders, builders, and super scientists who love any kind of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEM or STEAM).
For children entering grades 4 through 9 in the fall.
THEME WEEKS are for enrichment; they supplement, not replace, the regular weekly activities.
Check us out before signing up! See our facilities, and meet our staff. Come to one of our regular Open Houses. Or call to schedule an appointment.
We want you and your child to be comfortable with our facility and program, and we prefer that you not sign up until after you have toured the facility and met us.
Visit the Summer Makers Website for complete information.