A 4-week hands-on STEAM
Experience for Year 5 & 6
Homeschoolers
Explore the invisible forces and vibrations shaping the world around us β and inside us.
Electricity | Pressure | Vibration | Resonance
4 WEEKS Β· 4 INVESTIGATIONS
β‘ β π¨ β π β γ°οΈ
π ONE-TIME-ONLY BOOMLAB STEAM EXPERIENCE
THE WORLD AROUND US
Jeremy from BoomLab is bringing a special 4-week hands-on STEAM experience to the Hills homeschooling community.
The World Around Us has been designed specifically for Year 5β6 homeschoolers. Younger siblings are also welcome to participate, provided they are comfortable taking part in the hands-on activities
Children will investigate four fascinating phenomena:
β‘ Week 1 β elecTrick
Electricity Β· Electrical Potential
Build it. Light it. Power it.
Children build their own circuits and discover how electricity can produce real effects β including lighting an LED and generating power from potatoes.
Investigate: Voltage Β· Current Β· Circuits Β· Conductivity
π¨ Week 2 β Air Pressure
Pressure Β· The Atmosphere
How can something we can’t see push things around?
Children investigate air pressure and discover how invisible pressure differences can create movement and flow.
Investigate: Pressure Β· Air Β· Flow Β· Breathing
π Week 3 β Vibration
Alternating Pressure Β· Sound
Can you make slime dance?
Children explore vibration by making slime move to sound, then use a microphone and oscilloscope to see and measure the vibrations creating the sound.
Investigate: Vibration Β· Frequency Β· Amplitude Β· Sound
γ°οΈ Week 4 β Resonance
Alternating Tension Β· Strings & Pitch
What happens when vibration finds its rhythm?
Children investigate vibrating strings, exploring how tension, mass and frequency affect pitch β then reveal hidden vibration patterns with Chladni plates.
Investigate: Tension Β· Frequency Β· Pitch Β· Resonance
But these aren’t four unrelated science lessons.
Each investigation connects to the next, building a bigger picture of the world around us.
Children will be encouraged to observe, question, reason, imagine, experiment and persist.
No coding!
Why no code?
Because before children learn to write code, we want them to learn how to read the world and control their environment
Jeremy brings a rich background in programming, sound engineering, physics presentation and science educationβbut the real teacher in these workshops is curiosity.
The goal isn’t simply to give children more facts.
It’s to help them discover:
βI can figure this out.β
β¨ Find the miracles in the mundane.
π¬ See the science hiding in plain sight.
π‘ Discover that ideas, reason and imagination can change what is possible.
THE DETAILS
π Year 5β6 Homeschoolers
π NESA Curriculum Aligned
4 weeks Β· 1 session per week
π
Start date Β· October 23
π Wrights Road Community Centre Β· Youth room
β±οΈ 10:00β11:30am Β· 1.5 hours
π₯ 13β20 children per group
π° $45 inc. GST per session
π° $180 inc. GST Β· 4-week experience
π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ Sibling discount: $25 off each additional child per session
Attendance at all four sessions is required, as each investigation is designed to connect with and build upon the previous one.
This is a one-time-only BoomLab experience.
Once it’s done…
It’s done.
π Full details and booking information are in the first comment.