Homeschool Spring 2026 open December 1st, 2025. 

Please Note: Due to ongoing registrations, class availability and waitlist numbers may fluctuate throughout the day. Our system is updated daily to reflect the most current information, but exact openings may not always be immediately visible. We appreciate your understanding.

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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.

Wednesday, January 14th

Forensic Methodology

    • Use microscope to evaluate “poison powders”
    • Preform chemical analysis on “poison powders”
    • Investigate blood typing
    • Inspect fingerprints

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, January 14th

Polymers

    • Create polymer models
    • Discuss natural and synthetic polymers
    • Explore the properties of polymers while designing a delayed-release pill
    • Create polymer art with Shrinky Dinks

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, January 28th

Sailing with Science: The Wind Energy Challenge

  • You are stranded on an island can you use science to find your way home?
  • Explore how sails capture wind and discover how material and shape affect how well they work.
  • Design, build, and test your own boat powered by wind energy.
  • Use creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving to engineer your escape from a deserted island!

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, January 28th

Wacky Foods: Bugs

  • Students will learn fascinating facts about insects, including their anatomy, habitats, and roles in ecosystems.
  • Students will discover which bugs are commonly eaten around the world and why.
  • Students will compare attitudes toward eating bugs in different cultures.
  • Students will reflect on their own reactions and discuss how food norms vary globally.

(8-12 years old)

Tuesday, February 17th

Vet For a Day 

  • Have a budding veterinarian in your home?
  • Learn how to conduct a basic physical exam on a feline/canine animal
  • How to do a basic suture and follow aseptic technique for surgery
  • Explore microbiology by identifying common parasites in animals.

(8-12 years old)

Tuesday, February 17th

The Amazing Life of Honeybees

    • Discuss honeybees and their role in pollination
    • Explore the honeybee life cycle
    • Observe dead honeybees and other insects using a microscope
    • Design, build, and test a pollination device

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, March 11th

Magnetism and Electricity

Discover how electricity and magnets can work together

Use simple materials to create and test your own “battle bot”

* The cost of this lab is $24.00, which includes a motor and battery for each student’s “Battle bot”. Students will be able to take their “battle bot” home with them after the lab.

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, March 11th

Island Rescue: Powering Up with Wind

  • You’re stuck on an island—can you use wind power to escape?
  • Learn how pinwheels and turbines use wind to make energy.
  • Test how the shape, weight, and angle of blades change how well wind turbines spin.
  • Build your own wind turbine to create electricity and send a rescue signal!

(8-12 years old)

Tuesday, April 14th

Environmental Investigators: What’s Lurking in Our Air and Water?

  • Discover the true story of how one community worked to address pollution from industrial hog farms affecting their air and water.
  • Build your own smog simulation to see how air pollution moves and affects the world around us.
  • Investigate water samples with turbidity meters to uncover hidden pollutants and see how clean—or cloudy—water can be.
  • Use microscopes to uncover the invisible world of tiny particles and organisms in our water.

(8-12 years old)

Tuesday, April 14th

Automotive Architects – Crash Car Tests

  • Create a car that absorbs impact energy
  • Design a secure enclosure within the car to protect an egg
  • Utilize the engineering design process to improve the crash car design

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

Sunprint Scientists: Experimenting with Light

  • Explore how sunlight creates chemical reactions to form beautiful Sunprints.
  • Design an experiment to test how different materials block sunlight.
  • Learn to identify independent, dependent, and control variables through hands-on investigation.
  • Explore the scientific process — all while creating take-home art!

(8-12 years old)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

Air Pressure and Flight

    • Explore air pressure using bottles and balloons
    • Discover Bernoulli’s principle
    • Apply principles of air pressure to flight

(8-12 years old)

Register HERE

WHERE:            Basement of Jordan Hall (G26-G30), Clemson University
COST:               $23
WHEN:              See above for dates
*TIME:              All labs run from 9:30-11:30am
QUESTIONS:   culsoc@clemson.edu or 864-656-9939

Fees are subject to change.

Parents’ Role

Our Laboratories can hold up to 32 participants each; however, we will not have 32 participants in each lab. We limit our homeschool groups to 20 per class. 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.