The John F. Green Spartanburg Science Center offers standards-based lessons in all major fields of science. All lessons are hands-on, student-participatory programs. Lessons can be held in schools/classrooms, or at the Spartanburg Science Center. Self-guided field trips to the Spartanburg Science Center can also be arranged.
If you do not see a lesson that fits your needs, please reach out to the Education Director, Mae Webster, to discuss other program options.
mwebster@spartanarts.org
Kindergarden – 3rd Grade
– Animals and Adaptations
– Effervescent Launchers: Projectile motion
– Magic Sand: Hydrophilic vs. Hydrophobic substances
– Everyday Uses of Minerals
– Mixing Colors
– Solids, Liquids, and Gases
– Tracing an Epidemic
– Weather Patterns
4th Grade
– Animals and Adaptations
– Chemical Reactions
– Effervescent Launchers: Projectile motion
– Gluey Putty: An introduction to polymers
– Microscopic Mystery
– Oil Spill Cleanup
– Properties of Carbon Dioxide
– The Water Cycle
5th Grade
– Animals and Adaptations
– Chemistry in a Ziploc bag
– Density
– Ecosystems
– Microscopic Mystery
– Oil Spill Cleanup
– pH
– Properties of Carbon Dioxide
– The Rock Cycle
6th Grade
– Animals and Adaptations
– Classifying Living Organisms
– Designing an Experiment
– Oil Spill Cleanup
– The Rock Cycle
– Water Pollution and Purification
7th Grade
– A Changing Climate
– All about Soil
– All about Cells
– Animals and Adaptations
– Chemistry in a Ziploc Bag
– Chromatography: Separating Mixtures
– Ecosystems
– Effervescent Launchers: Projectile Motion
– Minerals: Determining the properties of minerals
– Tracing an Epidemic
8th Grade
– A Changing Climate
– All about Soil
– All about Cells
– Animals and Adaptations
– Effervescent Launchers: Angle of trajectory vs. distance
– Fossils: Earth’s Geologic History
– Minerals: Determining the properties of minerals
– pH
– Plate Tectonics
– Gluey Putty: Understanding polymers and cross-linkers
– Properties of Waves
– Types of Chemical Reactions
– Water Pollution and Purification
In partnership with the Spartanburg County Foundation, the Science Center is pleased to bring Buzz Aldrin’s Giant Mars Map experience to Spartanburg County students. Famed astronaut Aldrin believes that current fourth grade students will one day be the first pioneers to Mars. Using this interactive tool, we have an opportunity to foster a passion for space exploration as well as inspire the next generation of a STEM skilled workforce.