For Students
Interested in a cool summer camp? Want a chance to work alongside a Mag Lab scientist? Looking for a fun way to explore magnets, optics or other topics on your own? Check out the programs, activities and resources below, targeting a variety of ages and interest levels.
Programs
In addition to the programs listed below, the Mag Lab participates in the Regional Institute for Math and Science, available to eligible high school students, and the Middle School Mentorship Program, a partnership with the School of Arts & Sciences in Tallahassee.
College Outreach - Workforce Initiative (CO-WIN)
Through this diversity program, Mag Lab scientists and engineers travel to women's colleges, historically black colleges and universities, and other minority-serving institutions to tell undergraduate audiences about career development opportunities available at the Mag Lab.
High School Externship
This program offers exceptional high school students the chance to roll up their sleeves and jump into the action here at the Magnet Lab. Supervised by scientists and our professional educators, students conduct their own in-depth science projects.
Operation Filmmaker Goes Science
This new camp, debuting in Summer 2008, brings together art and science for middle and high school students, who make a film about science from start to finish over three weeks.
SciGirls Summer Camp
SciGirls is a two-week, hands-on summer camp run by the the Magnet Lab and WFSU that inspires girls ages 10-16 to pursue careers in science.
Resources & Activities
Armed with a few simple tools and a healthy dose of curiosity, students of all ages can have fun sampling our menu of science games and activities. In addition, students who love a good story can find plenty to choose from in our Science in Literature collection – no textbooks allowed!
Activity Book
Elementary school kids will enjoy the word searches, coloring pages, mazes and cool magnet factoids found throughout this downloadable Activity Book.
Interactive Electricity & Magnetism Tutorials
These Java applets depict numerous concepts, laws, tools and historical milestones associated with electricity and magnetism, letting you take a hands-on approach (virtually) to learning.
Interactive Optics Tutorials
Interested in light, microscopes and optics? Click here for a list of some 25 Java-based interactive tutorials exploring these topics. They're part of a larger curriculum for elementary-age kids called Science, Optics & You. See the way your eye forms images, the secrets behind optical illusions, what happens during eclipses and much more.
Smoke Man
Another feature from Science, Tobacco & You, this version of Hang Man threatens you with death by smoke rather than noose should you fail to solve the puzzle.
Try This at Home
These activities are designed for kids in middle school, but budding scientists of other ages will enjoy them, too. Roll up your sleeves and explore the properties of electricity and magnetism with some simple activities you can do in your own kitchen or living room.
Virtual You
Experience the effects smoking would have on your body without actually subjecting yourself to that nasty stuff. This interactive tutorial is part of a larger curriculum called Science, Tobacco & You.
Web Resources for Kids
This is your portal to dozens of kid-friendly Web sites dealing with electricity, magnetism and other sciences. Surf these Mag Lab-tested resources for help with school assignments, brain-teasing games, or weird facts to impress your science teacher!
