Second Saturday Science arrives on the Scene October 1, 2009

Welcome to Second Saturday Science.

Our first-ever event will be this Saturday, October 10, at 10 a.m.

That’s right, 10/10 at 10. Show up 10 minutes late, and it will be so many 1s and 0s that your computer might blush. (Sorry, geek joke there.)

Actually, you can show up anytime between 10 and noon.

What can you expect? We will have some experiments all set up, and I will be there to guide, but it will not be a class. The kids will do their own work, find their own results, and go home with some new understandings. And with luck they will have had a bit of fun.

I’ve modeled this after the excellent Kids Workshops at the Home Depot. Every first Saturday my son and I head down to that store and build whatever project they have.

My son is growing up, and I can see a time when he will outgrow those projects. Also I’m concerned about him getting enough exposure to science.

Also we just like going to do free fun stuff on Saturday mornings.

There wasn’t a place we could go on the Second Saturday of every month, so we invented this.

Our project the first month is… TOP SECRET!!!

I can tell you that it will involve experiments using all household stuff, and yet it will be explosively fun! (Ummm, if you have some safety goggles, you might want to bring them.)

I can also tell you that it’s designed for kids ages 6-12, but we’re not exactly going to be checking IDs at the door. We do ask that at least one parent stay with kids while we are doing the workshop to help guide them and make sure everyone stays safe.

So come this week to the Whole Foods at 1111 S. Washington St., where the management and the incomparable Heather Larrabee have shown great enthusiasm for this idea.

(You don’t have to, but if you think you are going to come, please leave a comment at the end of this post and tell me how many will come so we are sure to have enough supplies. Thanks!)