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After School Programs Spring 2026
Spring Break Super Science Camp
For Jr. Scientists entering 1st grade up to 5th grade.
Let's spring into STEM this spring break In this camp I am collecting all my favorite activities from my first three seasons of after school programs. We will go on a dinosaur dig and take home a model T-rex tooth. We will learn all about electricity and circuits. I will even bring my Van de Graaff generator and make your hair stand on end. Explore the depths of the ocean and learn about the amazing animals that live there. Discover how some slick science makes magic tricks possible. Learn about the rock cycle, why earthquakes happen and how volcanoes form. Yes! We will make slime as we learn about the chemistry of polymers. We will explore how bubbles are made and your Jr. Scientists will even have the opportunity to get inside one. We will make and break secret codes. Use some forensic science to discover who-done-it! I will bring my leaf blower powered hovercraft to learn about the power of air. I might even bring some brand new activities and things to build to experiment on YOU!
9am to Noon
Monday March 9th through Friday 13th
The cost is $210 for 5 days of camp.
LEGO Robotics
Lego Robotics is ready to spring into action. Mr. Kilbane has coached FIRST robotics for 11 years and taught robotics camps for 19 years. This class is perfect for those just starting out as well as students that have taken the course before. I have expanded the LEGO robotics kits available with new Spike kits that work very well with first and second grade students. I have also added expansion kits for the EV3 kits to keep the learning going for students that have taken the course. Each student will build an age appropriate OWI robot from a kit to take home. If you have built a robot in a previous class or camp, don't worry I have a whole series, so you can build a new one. Though the class will not be a FIRST Lego League team, My objective this year is to use this course as a platform to start and support a FLL team at WLA.
The cost $104 for 8 weeks, Open to grades 1-6
Mondays in the Atrium, 4:05 to 5:05
March 16, 23, 30 April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4
Weather Make up dates May 11 and 18
Maximum class size is 20
Super Science Season 6
Structural Engineering
How do engineers build amazing bridges that cross seas and skyscrapers that touch the sky? We will explore how we use shapes like triangles and arches to tame the forces of tension and compression that would tear our modern world apart. We will learn how the Romans built fantastic aqueducts and bridges by building arches. Get hands-on experience by building a toothpick tower and test your own bridge design.
Catch a wave!
We will explore the wonderful world of waves we live in. Experiment with pendulums like Galileo did. Make your own waves with strings, sound and light. Use a very scientific slinky to generate longitudinal and transverse waves as you learn about frequency, wavelength, and amplitude. Bring home a simple wave simulator to bring what you learned home.
Ready for Take Off!
As long as we have been human we have dreamed of leaving the solid ground and taking flight. Leonardo daVinci dreamed of fantastic flying machines and even a parachute. It would take another 420 years and the Wright bothers to tame and control flight. We will explore the scientific principles that make flight possible by building hot air balloons, helium blimps, gliders and more. We will even make a stunt glider to continue our experiments at home.
Gravity
Catch an apple and come along with us to explore the force that makes stars shine and keeps the planets in motion. Let’s follow in the footsteps of Galileo and Newton as we explore how gravity works through a series of hands-on experiments. Recreate Galileo's famous gravity experiment that inspired Newton to revolutionize physics. Learn how the earth pulls on us but we also pull on the earth. Make your own gravity toy to bring home.
Taste
We assure you this class is tastefully fun. Learn about the four categories of flavors and how we taste them. Experiment with how our sense of smell supercharges our sense of taste. Do we really taste different things on different parts of our tongue? Participate in a double blind taste test to learn how to construct reliable experiments. Take home a few taste tricks to take home to amaze your family.
Marble Madness
Everyone says we have lost our marbles! That may be true but we have fun doing so. Marbles give us so many ways to experiment with gravity, motion and forces that we built a class around them. Explore how to turn potential energy into cool kinetic motion by building marble runs and roller coasters. Marvel at the mysterious motion that magnetic marbles make. Make your own marble maze to take home.
Cardboard construction
There is nothing more creative than a kid with a cardboard box. We will set your imagination loose with my classroom set of Makedo cardboard construction tools. Let your creativity guide you as you use the design cycle to endlessly invent and create with recycled cardboard. Oh yes, you do get to take your creation home!
Cells
“Life is made out of cells. Cells make copies of themselves…” They Might be Giants. Let’s look at the tiny bubbles of DNA, mitochondria, proteins and lipids that are life on this earth. We will use microscopes to look at cells and learn about what makes them similar and different. Explore the structure of bacterial, plant, and animal cells by making a model to take home.
8 weeks for $104, Open to grades K-5
4:05 pm to 5:05 pm Wednesdays
Wednesdays March 18, 25 April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & May 6
Weather Make up dates May 13, 20
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