1610 Warwood Avenue, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003

Phone: (304) 277-2308 FAX: (304) 277-3503

e-mail: strongro@wlsc.edu

WV Handle on Science Mathematics Science 3 Hour Programs

(As of January 15, 2002)

For one and two hour workshop-style programs, the cost below apply:

One hour workshop-style program: Cost $3.00 per student

Two hour workshop-style program: Cost $5.00 per student

Topics may be designed in collaboration with SMART-Center staff to meet the unique needs of the students and teachers involved in the program or chosen from the list of program topics. For a one hour workshop-style program, twenty to eighty students may be accommodated. For a two hour workshop-style program, between fifteen and eighty students may attend.

In addition to the one, two, or three hour workshop-style programs available at the SMART-Center, we have also developed a demonstration series with the following topics currently available or a series of demonstrations designed around a topic of your choice may be chosen:

Demos in the Dark - participate in interactive chemistry and physics demonstrations involving visible light and other forms of energy.

Demos in Flight - the principles of flight including lift, Bernoulli’s Principle, etc. will be investigated in an interactive manner.

Demos on Ice - investigate the world of freezing using water ice, dry ice, other frozen media.

Demos on Density - find out how density applies to everyday life with this series of demonstrations including watching a hot air balloon rise.

Forces and Energy - investigate a variety of forces and energy in this interactive program, including an air cannon!

Lasers, Light, and Sound - watch and listen while light and sound energy are demonstrated with a laser light show and a variety of color and sound demos.

Costs for one of the Demos series forty-five minute presentations are as follows:

Forty students to 100 students………………………….$1.50 each

One hundred students and up…………………………...$1.00 each

*The WLSC SMART-Center Demonstration Theater seats up to eighty small children at one time. 60-70 fit rather comfortably. If an entire school attends, please come in groups of 40-80 at one time.

All SMART-Center programs are designed to correlate with Stanford Achievement Test goals and WV Instructional Goals and Objectives.