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Kids and Teens
Exploration Earth
Instructor: Mad Science Staff
Grades: K – 5
Marvels of Science
NEW
Instructor: Mad Science Staff
Grades: K – 5
NEW
Get ready to touch, see, and hear what science is really all about! This
course will engage students with fun, interactive and educational hands-on
activities that instill a clearer understanding of science and how it affects
the world around them. Can you boil water in your bare hand? You will! See
what makes water so sticky and take the bubble challenge. Can you build an
earthquake-proof building? You’re going to! How do enormous whales float in
the water? Why do we need top predators in the wild? All this and more will
be discovered! Take the mystery out of chemistry as you explore polymer crystals
& non-Newtonian substances. Diffuse lights and separate colors
through chromatography. See how eye-catching illusions can
change pictures before your eyes. Change your voice to the sound
of a robot or chipmunk. See how movie directors create dazzling
special effects. Learn how cell phones work and wire up your own
home phone system. You will be left in wonder at the scientific
world around us!
SPRING
March 12 – May 7
(excluding April 2)
Mondays, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Code: 17147 SPRING
March 13 – May 8
(excluding April 3)
Tuesdays, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Code: 17146
Crazy Chemworks
Instructor: Mad Science Staff
Grades: K – 5
$150 JCC members
$185 non-members
$130 for children in JCC Kids’ Place
Science Grab Bag
NEW
Instructor: Mad Science Staff
Grades: K – 5
$150 JCC members
$185 non-members
$130 for children in JCC Kids’ Place
NEW
Science is awesome, cool and sometimes a little odd. And Crazy Chemworks
will show you why! In this course, kids will compete in our favorite sport—
Slime Olympics! We will then take an atomic level look at chemical reactions
and sort out the corrosive truth about acids and bases. See what makes things
glow and investigate what makes things so “sticky”. Melt metal in front of your
eyes and float away on a dry ice cloud. This program is a catalyst for fun. Kids in this class will use forensics and their minds to solve the
great cookie-caper mystery. We will experience the creepy world
of bugs that live all around us. Think mom is just cooking in
the kitchen? Kids will be amazed at the science that goes on in
there. How do those magicians do their magic? Kids will discover
the science behind it and try it for themselves!
WINTER
January 8 – March 5
(excluding January 15)
Mondays, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Code: 17052 WINTER
January 9 – February 27
Tuesdays, 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Code: 17050
$150 JCC members
$185 non-members
$130 for children in JCC Kids’ Place
$150 JCC members
$185 non-members
$130 for children in JCC Kids’ Place
GET YOUR TEENS INVOLVED
Tikkun Olam Super Stars (TOSS)
Earn community service hours and help the
community
Grades: 6 – 8
Tikkun Olam Super Stars (TOSS) is for Grades 6-8.
Tikkun Olam (Hebrew for “repairing the world”) is the basis for the TOSS
program, which is designed to give middle school-aged youth both a
social and community service opportunity monthly during the school
year. Not only can TOSS participants earn community service hours,
but they will also learn the value and meaning of giving back to the
community while engaging in a fun social activity to support positive peer
relationships.
January 15
Jewish Food Festival
Monday, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
February 25
Purim Carnival
Sunday, 12:00 – 3:00 pm
April 15
TBA
Free.
If interested, please contact Leslie LaBrie at [email protected].
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BBYO
Grades: 8 – 12
BBYO is the world’s leading pluralistic Jewish youth movement.
BBYO is teen-led and modeled as a high school fraternity and
sorority, including two movements: Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) for
boys and B’nai Brith Girls (BBG), for girls. Richmond BBYO has
two chapters, an AZA chapter (Monarchs AZA) and a BBG chapter
(Dr. Abraham Cohen BBG). Richmond BBYO is a part of Eastern
Region which includes the communities of the Peninsula and
Tidewater in Virginia and all of North Carolina. BBYO members
participate in conventions throughout the year in Greensboro,
Raleigh and Richmond. Weekly and Sunday afternoon events
are held at the Weinstein JCC throughout the year, with varied
programs including social, education, recreational activities,
community service and Israel programs. For more information
on how to join, please contact Ryan Woloshin, Regional Director
for Eastern Region BBYO, at 285-6500 or [email protected].
Don’t miss the BBYO Virginia Council Spring Cultural Convention,
March 24 – 26. (To attend, you must be a member of BBYO.)