SCIENCE CLUB

January 2008

 

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The Science of Art

Leonardo DaVinci’s sketch books show drawings of fanciful machines like helicopters long before they were invented. Michelangelo used his studies in human anatomy to both paint and sculpt some of the most famous art in history.  Maxine is using her art expertise to show us how the logical scientific brain and the creative art brain can to work together. Be ready to be inventive, creative, and a little bit of a trickster as art and optical illusions come together.

 

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mushroomsAlex is certain there is a fungus among us, and he is out to prove it!  Mycology at its finest as we study the plants with spores.   

 

 

 

1/22
Martin Luther King Day- No class

Make-up day will be announced at a later date.

 

1/28

It’s a Surprise

 Max had not decided his topic as this calendar “went to press”.  Look forward to “breaking news” in the New Year. 

 

Standing by all Month

Savanna and her father are just waiting for the right weather conditions to do a study of the winter night sky.  If we get a clear night, be ready to go star gazing.

stargazing

 

  Reminder:  The $90 fee for the Museum of Flight Mars Mission is due 1/31.