Fetch Fall Schedule
FETCH!™ Lab Activities at the CDM Here is the fall schedule of
activities for the Museum’s FETCH! Lab. Activities will take place
on the second floor of the Museum daily at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and at
1 p.m. on Sundays. FETCH! Lab activities are free with paid Museum
admission.
September 2-7, Stack Em Up
Kids build towers as high as they can out of paper cups!
September 16-21, All Wound Up
Kids will use rubber bands to power a racecar and then race them
with others!
September 23-28, Ice Cream Shake
Kids learn about the effects of heating and cooling as they
change liquid cream into solid ice cream. Yumm!
September 30-October 5, Set it Straight
Build a tabletop seesaw and learn about balancing.
October 7-12, Blow it Away
Kids build a car and use wind to see how far it can go!
October 14-19, Float My Boat
Kids investigate floating by building tinfoil boats and loading
them with pennies until they sink.
October 21-26, Eat Like a Bird
Explore how the shape of a bird’s beak influences the bird’s
food-gathering ability, and use their “beaks” to collect “food”.
October 28-November 2, Train Your Brain
Kids test their brains against homemade Stroop tests.
November 4-9, Under Pressure
Kids try to support a book with just one sheet of paper!
November 11-16, Go Fly a Kite
Kids will build kites out of household materials and explore how
kites use wind to overcome gravity.
November 18-23, Rescue Mission
Design and test a hook to rescue a sunken capsule
November 25-30, Hang Time
Kids build and race simple helicopter
  
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