Our field trip activities expose children in grades K-8 to the world of science and technology through unforgettable hands- on, inquiry based activities that allow the students to experiment with real world science and technology scenarios. Our field trip activities help to build self-esteem, team work and problem solving skills while addressing national and state standards in math and science. Each class is instructed by university and industry professionals.
WizKidz Science and Technology Centers is located in the Dacula Kids Village at 1152 Auburn Rd. Dacula, Ga. 30019 making it accessible not only to local schools, but to the public as well.
WizKidz Science and Technology Centers houses a Forward Flight Deck of a Shuttle Simulator (for simulated space missions); a DreamFlyer Flight simulator, and tons of activities for K-8 students. A visit to WizKidz Science and Technology Centers provides students an opportunity to take a futuristic “Field Trip to the Moon”, fly a simulated satellite mission to far off galaxies, become forensic scientist and solve a crime and much more. The activities are totally interactive and require teamwork and communication skills to successfully complete.
The primary goal WizKidz Science and Technology Centers is to improve learning by making science, mathematics, and technology accessible to all students while enriching the quality of teaching and student exploration in these areas. WizKidz Science and Technology Centers enhances the curriculum of area school systems and provides teacher training in a facility equipped with the latest technology available.
WizKidz Science and Technology Centers team, working with local educators, will develop classroom activities related to engineering, space missions, planetarium programs, forensic science and more.
WizKidz Science and Technology Centers activities are designed to assist teachers in meeting the objectives of the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) Standards in Science for grades K-8. These activities are an excellent way to culminate various scientific topics covered in the classroom. Our grade levels are broken into clusters similar to the QCC format.
Groups may book Space and Science related activities for groups of 30 or less students. Activities will be scheduled to best meet the needs of the group. Activities will last approximately 60 minutes. Activities may be combined with other activities at WizKidz Science and Technology Centers to create a package.
Rates
Rates start at $10 per student to include a 90 minute interactive session and $15 per student for 2 hour sessions. 10 student minimum is required.
Groups
Groups are booked in advance by reservation. Group reservations are normally accepted 2 weeks prior to the field trip. Special arrangements can be made on a case-by-case basis for requirements outside the normal school day. We want your educational experience to be as rewarding as possible and will customize your trip to suit your needs.
Lunch Vendors:
For an additional charge we can arrange your lunch for your group from local vendors to include:
Little Ceasars Pizza
Subway
A list of activities and example packages are as followed:
Forensic Frenzy--"Who's Bones are these anyway?" Students become detectives and solve a local missing person’s case.-"Who nabbed birdy"? Students use chromatography to determine which of a group of pens, isolated from suspects lockers, were used to write a ransom note for a stolen parakeet.
“Who Done it”? “Who Done it?”
Ages 8+
This inquiry-based activity lets students analyze suspects' hair samples to determine the culprit in a stolen candy mystery. Students also use techniques similar to those used by forensic scientists to examine hair from various species. Information gathered during the examinations is then used to identify a hair of unknown origin.
Dental Forensics
Ages 5-7
Your little crime solvers will explore the life of being a forensic dentist as they assist in crime solving by studying teeth and teeth impressions…
ECOLab
PeeWee Paleontologist
Ages 5-7
This hands-on prehistoric adventure uses visual materials, fossil replicas, fossils and scale models, and dino-digs to show the characteristics distinguishing dinosaurs, their world and what we know about them. Students will explore dinosaur paleontology and take virtual field trips across prehistoric lands long forgotten in search of ancient fossils. Like Museum paleontologists, students make their way into their very own paleontology laboratory as they attempt to reconstruct the lives of dinosaurs based on skeletal and environmental clues.
Invertebrates and vertebrates 101
Ages 8+
Students will have a ball studying our live Invertebrate set, examining roughly 16 species to include living Planaria, Hydra, and Daphnia. The students will examine these species under a microscope…
Habitats, Life Cycles and Ecosystems
Ages 5+
From tadpoles becoming frogs, and caterpillars becoming butterflies. Students learn how animals change and grow throughout their life cycles as well as their habitats and adaptation abilities. Students learn how aquatic insects are very useful indicators of sediment and water contamination not always detected by routine physiochemical measurements.
Living Organisms
Ages 5+
Using digital microscopes students examine and study animal and plant behavior and learn about the planet's efficient recyclers by growing and studying fungi. Students learn the different characteristics of living things and understand the definition of an organism.]Students also study and learn the different characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates.
Plants, Plants and more Plants
Ages 8+
Students witness the wonder of plants and create easy-to-maintain mini greenhouses. From carnivorous plants with their ability to capture prey using various methods such as sticky secretions and moving jaws to plants that are sensitive to darkness and touch. . Students prepare their very own fern mini-marsh and study the early stages of fern development.
Entomology-The amazing world of insects!
Ages 5+
Students learn to identify several beneficial insects and spiders, including predators and pollinators, then discuss ways that the insects and spiders that they observed are adapted to be pollinators or predators. Student teams will present their findings and research to the class.
Engineering 101-Simple Machines
Ages 5-7
Intro to Electronics
Ages 5-7
Our introduction to Electrionics course makes learning electronics easy and fun! Students create a short wave radio, build a solar powered racing car and experiment with building blocks with snaps that introduces young experimenters to switch blocks, lamp blocks, battery blocks, and different length wire blocks.
Simple Circuits
Ages 8+
An excellent introduction to building simple circuits. Students learn the functions of electric cells, lamps, switches and conductive materials. The differences between insulators and conductors are examined and a short circuit is demonstrated. Students construct and learn the difference between series and parallel circuits. Students also experiment with solar cells and learn how they are used as alternate energy sources.
Computing Basics
Ages 5-7
Intro to SCRATCH programming
Computing 101
Ages 8+
Virtual world/ game creation
Intro to ALICE
Intro to Robotics
Ages 8+
Students are introduced to the exciting realm of robotics as they learn programming, building, and more! The class focuses on how to build and program the Lego Mindstorms NXT and RCX robot kits. This is a great preparatory class for students interested in entering Lego based classes and competitions such as the FIRST LEGO League (FLL). Students also participate in Lego Sumo-bot wrestling, a contest where students create autonomous LEGO robots capable of pushing or flipping an opposing robot out of a circular ring. The first robot to touch the floor outside of the ring loses. The last robot remaining in the ring wins.
Astronomy
NASA LCROSS Mission
Ages 8+
Our Moon-Field trip to the moon
Ages 5+
Lunar Colony Design
Ages 8+
To Mars and Back
Ages 5+
Students become Jr. Astronauts and take a virtual field trip to Mars, examine terrain samples, study the Phoenix Mars Lander and build a Satellite.
Our Solar System
Ages 5+
Chemistry
Mystery Chemical Identification
Ages 8+
Students conduct chemical tests on 4 household products to demonstrate their chemical characteristics.
Chemiluminescence
Ages 5-7
Ever wondered how lighting bugs or fireflies light up? Chemiluminescence is the BIG word for chemical reactions that produce light. These awesome series of experiments will help your students learn how certain chemical reactions release energy in the form of light.
