WHO WE ARE
Science, math and engineering can give you the exhilarating power to become not mere spectators or consumers, but the active explorers, makers, and doers who will help invent the future.
~Susan Hockfield~
Planet Science is an after school club offered by the Scribner Road PTA that meets 6 times throughout the school year.
The purpose of this club is to provide interactive science enrichment for any interested fourth and fifth grade students.
Planet Science strives to be an extension of the school curriculum that teaches students science in a fun, interesting way.
Areas of interest include: Life Science, Physical Science, Earth Science.
The program also includes a Planet Science Fair where students will have the opportunity to showcase an experiment or science demonstration of their own!
Plans for Planet Science Club for the 2023-2024 school year:
The Planet Science Club dates below have been confirmed with the school office and here are some of the fun activities we have in the works:
Meeting 1 – December 6, 2023 – Seneca Park ZooMobile
Meeting 2 – January 17, 2024 – TBD – waiting for confirmation from presenter for this date.
Meeting 3 – February 28, 2024 – Annual Bridge Building and Canned Soup Drive – the students will use Lego engineering kits to choose a bridge design and build it themselves. We also ask that club members contribute canned soups that we will use as weights to test out our bridges for the best design and strength. Afterwards, all donated goods will be given to the Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf. Our experience with this activity is that the smaller soup cans are the best size for fitting and stacking on our bridges.
Meeting 4 – March 20, 2024 – The Periodic Dinner Table – We will do some fun hands on experiments learning about some elements from the periodic table that are found in common every day foods.
Meeting 5 – April 24, 2024 – Earth Day – Environmental Science Activities – In honor of Earth Day this week, we will learn about plant growth, photosynthesis, chlorophyll, and clouds with a few activities that will teach kids about the science that they can find in the nature all around them.
Meeting 6 – May 15, 2024 – Annual Planet Science Fair – PLEASE NOTE – this event does not take place after school, instead the science fair takes place in the evening in the Scribner Cafeteria from 630-730pm. Parents, grandparents, and friends are welcome to attend to see our students’ projects. Doing a science fair project is not a requirement of club participants, but we highly encourage it. Club students who are not presenting are still welcome and encouraged to come and see their classmates’ projects.