SUMMARY:Children focus on nutrition and fitness, including the essential components of a healthy diet and lifestyle. They sort life-sized food replicas according to the different food groups, and conduct hands-on experiments to improve their understanding of how food fuels our bodies. An experiment with emulsions shows them how bile helps us digest fats. At the end of the program, the children receive a Take-Home Step-O-Meter—a great fitness tool to measure the number of steps they take and monitor their healthy, active lifestyles!
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Children are introduced to the basics of nutrition including the role of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. They will gain an understanding of how food provides energy for the body and how exercise plays an important role in energy levels. The program increases the children’s nutritional knowledge, stimulates enthusiasm for personal health, and encourages a healthy attitude toward nutrition and fitness.
NOTE: Mad Science Programs are fun explorations into science and technology, and they encourage informal learning through hands-on experience. All Mad Science workshops include a lot of fascinating equipment, supplies, and take-home materials which the children build themselves. The Mad Science mission is to spark the imagination and curiosity of children everywhere by providing them with fun, entertaining, and educational activities which instill a clear understanding of what science really is, and how it affects the world around them.
