MEMBER NEWSLETTER • AUG / SEPT / OCT 2019
CHECK OUT OUR TWO NEW EXHIBITS! SMASH: A NUCLEAR ADVENTURE!
ICE AGE: FROZEN SECRETS
Explore the wonder of nuclear science! Permanent exhibit opens August 16.
Chilling, pre-historic, hands-on fun! Traveling exhibit opens September 7.
ALSO: Capital City River Run, Energy Day, Design & Build Day, Chemistry Day, and more!
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TAKE-HOME SCIENCE
Instant FREEZE!
What’s happening?
Materials Needed: • Unopened bottles of purified water • Course rock salt • Ice and a large bowl • Thermometer • Tabletop or hard surface
Instructions: Fill your bowl with ice and put two pre-refrigerated, plastic water bottles deeply into the ice. Keep them close to the center of the bowl, and completely surround them with the ice. Scatter rock salt generously over the surface of the ice. Insert a thermometer between the bottles and watch the temperature begin to drop. As the temperature drops, continue to add ice and salt as needed to keep the bottles surrounded by the ice and salt mixture.
Because the ice and salt cool the water bottles to 17°F, a temperature below the 32°F freezing point, the purified water inside the bottles reaches a freezing temperature without actually turning into ice. But, the action of smashing the bottle against the table triggers the water and causes it to turn into ice right before your eyes! Purified water has a harder time turning into ice because it lacks imperfections for ice crystals to form from, so it needs a little extra smash to get it started. Cool, right?
Keep watching! The temperature in the bowl needs to read 17°F for 10 minutes. But make sure the water in your bottles isn’t turning into ice yet! After observing your bottles at 17°F for 10 minutes, gently remove a bottle from the ice/salt mixture. Quickly strike the bottom of the bottle against a stable, hard surface (table, counter top, etc.) and watch as the water in your bottle instantly turns to ice!* *This experiment may take a few tries, so it’s good to have extra ice, extra salt, and a few extra water bottles on hand!
THANK YOU!
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…to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for its generous award that supports capital improvements to bring us one step closer to fully air conditioning the second level of your Science Center! It’s going to feel a lot cooler in SMASH and Spectrum starting this August!
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August
GRAND OPENING — AUGUST 16!
SMASH: A Nuclear Adventure is generously sponsored by TechSmith; Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, which is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science; MSU Federal Credit Union; and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Experience the wonder of nuclear science! This new interactive exhibit explores atoms and their journeys of acceleration, collision, separation, and detection in simulated environments that illustrate the research happening now at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and in the future at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.
Built entirely here at your Science Center, this exhibit explores a variety of jobs and skillsets that make the research at FRIB possible.
AUGUST 20-23 Creativity Lab: Art & Design
AUGUST 5-9 (WEEK-L0NG) Summer L.A.B.S. Camps
10:30 a.m. - noon; 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free public program
AUGUST 6-9 Creativity Lab: Forces
AUGUST 21, 22, 23 Summer Sprouts: Blast Off!
10:30 a.m. - noon; 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free public program
9:15 - 10 a.m.
AUGUST 7, 8, 9 Summer Sprouts: Incredible Art
AUGUST 23 Sensory Friendly Hours
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (RSVP online) Guest host: Michigan History Center!
9:15 - 10 a.m.
AUGUST 10-11 Creativity Lab: Marble Wall Run 1 p.m. – Free public program
AUGUST 11 Be My Neighbor Day with Daniel Tiger! 12 - 3 p.m. Join your neighbors, WKAR and PNC, for Be My Neighbor Day here at your Science Center! Come and bring your neighbors to enjoy FREE admission, hands-on activities and giveaways, and a chance to meet Daniel Tiger! Visit wkar.org to learn more.
Sponsored by WKAR and PNC.
AUGUST 12-16 (WEEK-L0NG) Summer L.A.B.S. Camps AUGUST 13-16 Creativity Lab: Art & Design
10:30 a.m. - noon; 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free public program
AUGUST 14, 15, 16 Summer Sprouts: Down on the Farm 9:15 - 10 a.m.
AUGUST 16 – GRAND OPENING SMASH: A Nuclear Adventure! 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
AUGUST 17-18 Creativity Lab: Rube Goldberg Machines 1 p.m. – Free public program
AUGUST 19-23 (WEEK-L0NG) Summer L.A.B.S. Camps
AUGUST 24-25 Creativity Lab: Rube Goldberg Machines 1 p.m. – Free public program
AUGUST 26-30 (SINGLE DAYS) Summer L.A.B.S. Camps (Ages 5-6, 7-8, & 9-11)
Sept.
CLOSED Labor Day!
September 3
Sponsored by Consumers Energy
SEPTEMBER 21
Consumers Energy™ Day
GRAND OPENING — SEPTEMBER 7!
Explore the many ways we generate energy—from wind to water—in this annual event that celebrates the science behind what powers our world. Make your own edible windmill, explore an erosion table, heat things with a solar cone, and turn poop into power!
SEPTEMBER 21 CCRR Sohn Kids Race 1 p.m. Register your kids to sprint the 100yard dash or race a mile as part of the Capital City River Run weekend of races! The first 50 kids to register for the race will be entered to win a FREE Impression 5 birthday party!
RSVP by September 5 via email (white@impression5.org), phone (517-485-8116, ext. 126), or at impression5.org! Ice Age: Frozen Secrets is a traveling exhibit your family can explore for a limited time September 7 through January 5, 2020. It is generously sponsored by Lake Trust Credit Union, Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Jackson National Life Insurance Company.
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Make it a memorable Saturday with hot coffee, a cereal and juice bar, and an awesome hands-on exhibit filled with Ice Age artifacts, real fossils, and a glimpse into the lives of animals long extinct! And don’t forget your PJs!
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Explore the wonders of the Ice Age and its majestic animals like sabertooth cats, mammoths, giant sloths, and more! Join fellow member families for an exclusive morning exhibit experience before it opens to the public!
Register at ccriverrun.org today! CA
Member Morning – 8 - 10 a.m. | Open to Public –10 a.m.
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SEPTEMBER 22 Capital City River Run 8 a.m.
2019 marks the 26th Capital City River Run—a compilation of familyfriendly races that celebrate and financially support Greater Lansing organizations that promote education, the desire to learn, and healthy lifestyles. Races include half marathon, 5K, half marathon relay, and kids races with some proceeds benefiting your Science Center. Sign up today at ccriverrun.org!
SEPTEMBER 27 Sensory Friendly Hours 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (RSVP online) Guest host: Lansing Art Gallery!
October
Member FREE•bies!
Impression 5 members receive FREE reciprocal admission (two adults and all children in the household) at these locations in the coming months:
August:
Michigan Science Center, Detroit
September:
Potter Park Zoo, Lansing
October:
Grand Rapids Public Museum Thank you for being members!
Immersive Programs Creativity Lab – explore unique
opportunities to connect with science during walk-in pop-up labs.
OCTOBER 4 & 5 Discovery Time: Harvest Science OCTOBER 5 Design & Build Day Explore electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and construction trades through interactive activities designed to put you front and center of the build! Sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Lansing.
OCTOBER 19 Chemistry Day Celebrate National Chemistry Week at your Science Center! On this FREE admission day, explore chemistry through Marvelous Metals and hands-on experiments presented by the MSU Local Section of the American Chemical Society. Sponsored by MSUFCU, Desk Drawer Fund, and Emergent BioSolutions.
Third Tuesday monthly at 11 a.m. beginning this September.
Make It! Think Tank Workshops –
innovative workshops that give youth makers ages 9-14 the opportunity to build new skills and get creative with tools and technology in an openended and challenging environment! Select Saturdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. beginning in October. Registration required.
OCTOBER 11 & 12 Discovery Time: Ice Age
Learn517 – a dynamic homeschool partnership program that explores a monthly theme through the disciplines of art, nature, science, and history.
OCTOBER 12 Make It! Think Tank Workshop: Motion-Activated Monsters
Look for 2019-20 details in early September.
OCTOBER 15 Tadpole Storytime OCTOBER 18 Sensory Friendly Hours
Tadpole Storytime – join us for a mid-morning storytime with our friends from Capital Area District Libraries full of great books and hands-on activities that follow a monthly science theme!
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP online Guest host: Michigan History Center!
OCTOBER 24 LEARN517: Textile Science
OCTOBER 18 & 19 Discovery Time: Ready, Set, Build!
OCTOBER 25 & 26 Discovery Time: Spooky Science
Discovery Time – tactile, playbased program for 2-4 year olds and their caregivers with Friday and Saturday sessions October through April. These 45-minute sessions are designed to strengthen your young scientist’s sensory and motor skills while stimulating their curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm for learning. 10 a.m. Fridays/11a.m. Saturdays beginning this October.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID LANSING, MI PERMIT NO. 304 200 MUSEUM DRIVE, LANSING, MI 48933
Hours of Operation Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Monday: Closed Phone: (517) 485-8116 Website: impression5.org
PLEASE RECYCLE!
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