I certainly hope everyone is having a very fun and refreshing summer.
Turns out, I just can't wait until September to do more classes, so I'm holding five days of science fun in early August.
I've listed the classes below and, of course, they are up at Sciencejim.com.
Please share with any mailing lists or facebook groups you may be on. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your neighbors friends! :)
Last but not least, I still have some slots open if you or anyone you know is interested in some middle school or high school level classes. I have classes running in Chapel Hill, Cary and Apex. Check out Sciencejim.com for more information on those.
Would love to see everyone there!
Science Jim's Fantastically Fun Flyers Series
Come join Science Jim for some Summer fun science in the sun! (And in the air conditioning.) Science Jim is offering up five days of some of his favorite science stuff! Come join us for a day or two, or for all five. Each day is $15 but if you sign up for all 5 the cost is only $65!
All classes will be held at the Caerus Academy location, 6901 Turkey Farm Rd. Chapel Hill. (By the way, check out Caerusacademy.com for excellent English, Math and Science classes for your favorite middle or high school student.)
Fantastically Fun Flight Classes
The Ocean of Air.
Monday August 5
10 - 11:30
$15.00
You can't understand flight without understanding a little bit about air and our atmosphere. We live under an ocean of air and because of this things fly and float. Without the ocean of air everything would literally fall like a rock! This class will be filled with some of Science Jim's favorite demonstrations as well as a Glorious Gliding Garbage challenge at the end.
Paper Airplanes: Basic Design
Tuesday August 6
10 - 11:30
$15.00
There is little that Science Jim enjoys more than paper airplanes. When he was in school and had to bring home handouts for his parents, very few ever made it home without becoming gliding projectiles (and even fewer made it home at all thanks to getting stuck in trees and landing on roofs). In this class, Science Jim will show you how to make some of the more basic forms of paper airplanes. We will also have a competition at the end of class for the farthest traveling paper airplane and the plane that stays aloft the longest.
Paper Airplanes: Advanced Design
Wednesday August 7
10 - 11:30
$15.00
This class is a follow up of the Tuesday class where we will be making far more complicated planes and learning a variety of different types of folds so that class participants can go farther on their own with websites and books. We will be making some amazing planes here, as well as the present day world record holder. We will have competitions at the end of this day as well.
2-Liter Bottle Rockets
Thursday August 8
10 - 11: 30
$15.00
Did you know you can rockets out of pop bottles and with a little water and air launch them 100 or more feet into the air?! Well, you can and we will. Join Science Jim as we, literally, make rockets out of garbage.
Estes Rockets
Friday August 9
10 - 12:00
$15.00
Today's the big day. We are going to be building Estes Rockets! These things have the potential to go 800 - 1000 feet into the air! Rob Rich, the Caerus Academy math teacher, will help us find out just how high our rockets go.
