San Juan College - Community Enrichment

How many elements can you name? How many have you held in your hand? How can charcoal, diamonds, and graphite all be the same thing? Why do we use aluminum to build airplanes? Which metallic element can be cut with a knife, or is liquid in your hand? This class explores the elements discovery, their properties, and examples of how we use them in our everyday lives.  Digital and hands-on resources will be used to understand the properties of the elements, depending on their safety for students of this age. Students will learn basic safety procedures and, if they want, begin their own collection of the periodic table of elements. A $15 supply fee payable to the instructor at the first class covers supplies for these experiments and projects. Ages 10-14. 10.5 hrs