Children experience through movement, games, music and specific science activities how the parts and systems of their body "machines" work together. They will pay attention to ways their senses give them information about their environment.

With Water Works, children become hydrology science detectives as they test, filter, analyze and map water in their neighborhood. They compare angles of trajectory for the big squirt and investigate designs for the most buoyant boat. In Underfoot, children take a closer look at what is around in the ground. They find out why some things grow best in certain soils. Children get up close and personal with their own worm farm; see how worms are affected by noise and light and calculate their movements and speed.

What time could be better to explore the plant world than in the full bloom of summer with The Green Scene? Children will do minor plant "surgery," measure plant breathing, create a mini-environment and mix art and science into some surprising results. In Up, Up and Away, children will have high flying fun with kites, planes, balloons, and a UFO. They experiment with construction, balance, wind patterns, models and their own inventions.