Homeschool Spring 2025 opportunities for homeschoolers at Clemson University!

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Registration for Spring 2025 is open.

All labs take place on Clemson University’s campus in the Science Outreach Center. For only $23 per student, your child will engage in the following hands-on STEM exploration. Each day there are two options. The instruction for each lab is at the same time. You are able to sign up for one lab each day.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Float Your Boat: Buoyancy and Boats (Full)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Discover the concept of water displacement
  • Investigate the effect of chemicals on buoyancy
  • Explore why boats float
  • Design, build, and test a model sailboat

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Stormy Structures: Rainwater and Tower Design (Full)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Engage in the engineering and design process
  • Design, build, and test rainwater collection devices
  • Investigate how forces impact buildings and towers
  • Build a tower to withstand wind from a simulated hurricane

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Good Vibrations: All About Sound (5 spots open)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Investigate sound waves
  • Discover how your ears hear sound
  • Build a “harmonica” and test different variables
  • Explore sounding boards by creating a device that mimics an animal sound

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Nature’s Ninjas: The Superpowers of Plants (Full-Waitlist Available)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Collect leaves to make your own microscope slides
  • Use a compound microscope to examine your leaf slides
  • Discover special structures in leaves that help plants share water with air
  • Conduct an experiment to witness photosynthesis in action
  • Investigate how different conditions affect photosynthesis

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Launch lab: Compressed Air Rockets (Full)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Explore the four forces of flight
  • Experiment with Newton’s laws of motion
  • Design, build, and launch paper rockets using compressed air
  • Engage in the engineering and design process to improve rocket flight

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Blast-Off Brigade: Chemical Rockets (Full)

(8-12 years old)

In this lab, students will:

  • Test reactants to determine factors that impact speed of reaction
  • Engage in hands-on stoichiometry by creating sandwiches in a fun, interactive activity
  • Design a rocket and reactant delivery system to launch rocket
Register HERE

WHERE:            Basement of Jordan Hall (G26-G30), Clemson University
COST:               $23
WHEN:              See above for dates
*TIME:              All labs run from 10:00am-12:00pm
QUESTIONS:   culsoc@clemson.edu or 864-656-9939

Spring Registration begins, Monday, December 2, 2024.

*Note new start time of 10am

Parents’ Role

Our Laboratories can hold up to 32 participants each; however, we will not have 32 participants in each lab. Once you arrive, we will direct you to one of our two laboratories. There will be space for some parents to sit in on the lesson. However, due to space limitations, not all parents will be allowed into the lab. Parents are asked to stay nearby, either in the lab, the waiting area directly adjacent to the labs, or close by on campus in case of an emergency.

Cancellation Policy: Withdrawals prior to a week before the date of the registered session will be assessed a 25% processing fee; these withdrawals must be received in writing (an email is sufficient). Alternatively, withdrawals prior to a week before the date of the registered session may be credited for the same academic year. Withdrawals made within the same week of the registered session will not receive a refund.