Light & Colour

Your center is filled with colour as the students learn about properties of light in this fun interactive science workshop

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Colourful holiday workshop fun! Investigate the visible light spectrum, including colour addition and subtraction Explore luminescent minerals and other objects using ultraviolet light Find out why sunsets are red and learn about colour and energy relationships Make coloured shadows and create hovering images Learn about translucent, transparent and opaque materials Operate zoetropes and flipbooks to create cartoons Learn about refraction vs. reflection and how to make a telescope Investigate optical fibre and it’s use in hi-speed broadband technology Find out about your colour vision; can you see all of the spectrum? Mix creative colour-changing chemical concoctions, see illusions and more! From absorption to reflection, your kids will have a ball plus will gain a strong understanding of light and it’s applications in everyday life. This workshop can also be viewed as a LIVE web conference anywhere in the world!

Colourful holiday workshop fun!

Investigate the visible light spectrum, including colour addition and subtraction
Explore luminescent minerals and other objects using ultraviolet light
Find out why sunsets are red and learn about colour and energy relationships
Make coloured shadows and create hovering images
Learn about translucent, transparent and opaque materials
Operate zoetropes and flipbooks to create cartoons
Learn about refraction vs. reflection and how to make a telescope
Investigate optical fibre and it’s use in hi-speed broadband technology
Find out about your colour vision; can you see all of the spectrum?
Mix creative colour-changing chemical concoctions, see illusions and more!

From absorption to reflection, your kids will have a ball plus will gain a strong understanding of light and it’s applications in everyday life. This workshop can also be viewed as a LIVE web conference anywhere in the world!

Online Class Version We’ve run live interactive distance programs since 2010 and are highly experienced in making online classes engaging for kids on a variety of web conferencing platforms. Activities may vary from those listed for the face-to-face version and will be tailored to age groups attending online. Upon booking, you will receive a PDF outlining the materials that you can have on hand to make the workshop more interactive. It’s not a problem if you can’t source all of the materials, as we’ll have these on hand for the workshop Full child protections are in place We usually connect to classes & homes via Zoom, however if you wish to use a different software we can work with you on getting the connection live. Please see our Online Science Classes & Conditions Simply connect your device to a data projector or TV for kids onsite to see the program. We can also cater for kids joining from their home too! We usually connect to kids in their homes via Zoom, however if you wish to use a different software we can work with you on getting the connection live. If you connect with us via Zoom Full system requirements for Zoom here Each child should test their Zoom connection here. Once the date & time is arranged we will send you simple connection instructions (one click & you’re in!)

Online Class Version

We’ve run live interactive distance programs since 2010 and are highly experienced in making online classes engaging for kids on a variety of web conferencing platforms.

Activities may vary from those listed for the face-to-face version and will be tailored to age groups attending online.
Upon booking, you will receive a PDF outlining the materials that you can have on hand to make the workshop more interactive. It’s not a problem if you can’t source all of the materials, as we’ll have these on hand for the workshop
Full child protections are in place
We usually connect to classes & homes via Zoom, however if you wish to use a different software we can work with you on getting the connection live. Please see our Online Science Classes & Conditions
Simply connect your device to a data projector or TV for kids onsite to see the program. We can also cater for kids joining from their home too!
We usually connect to kids in their homes via Zoom, however if you wish to use a different software we can work with you on getting the connection live.

If you connect with us via Zoom

Full system requirements for Zoom here
Each child should test their Zoom connection here.
Once the date & time is arranged we will send you simple connection instructions (one click & you’re in!)

Are you a Vacation Care Centre?

Every holiday period, Fizzics Education present holiday programs workshops for local council libraries, vacation care centres, OOSHC and at our own venues. These workshops are designed to cater for a wide range of ages, even the adults join in! Book early to avoid disappointment. A school holiday program treat!

To check out our vacation care center science programs...

Sunsets

Just why are sunsets red anyway? Why not blue or green?

Colour mixing

Mix primary light colours ... why are the secondary colours different to paint?

Bubble Films

See light split through a bubble film. Nice... and demonstrates wave theory

Float that image

Create a 3D floating image hovering in mid-air

Magic specs

See rainbows all around with these diffraction glasses

Glowing rocks

Some minerals fluoresce under UV light... can you identify which ones?

Hidden beaker

Canola oil and this beaker have almost the same refractive index... lets hide it

Talking telescopes

Make a telescope in class

Hide me

Transparent materials are quite difference to translucent ones.

Cartoon capers

Make a number of cartoons work with these zoetropes and flip charts

Optical illusions

Light can be quite tricky, can you spot how they might work?

Mirror boxes

Hidden compartments can create 'magical' illusions. How do they work?

Optical fibre

Pretty.... and it can be used to transport massive amounts of information

Perfect plasma

A plasma ball can demonstrate light energies... and the students love it

Colourful chemistry

Some chemicals react to heat and change in colour... check them out!

Colour vision

Our Director is colour blind... are your students?

Fly's eye scopes

What is the difference between human and insect eyes?

Shiny disco ball

Mirrors and light... what more can we say? Send images around the room!

Mega lens

Use this lenticular lens and magnify things, including you.

Lasers

Investigate how lasers work and see them through a cloud... neat!

Requirements

Workshop version The ability to darken the room is essential. Choose the best room you have wherever possible. Appropriate for ages 5 and up with a maximum of 30 children per class. Access to 3 electrical power sockets and 10 tables arranged around the room. Chairs are not required. Duration 60 or 90 minutes, set up time 30 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes Show version The ability to darken the room is essential. Choose the best room you have wherever possible. Appropriate for ages 5 and up with a maximum of 60 children per class. Access to 1 electrical power socket and 2 tables arranged around the room. Chairs are not required. Duration 60 minutes, set up time 30 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes For us to provide the best possible learning experience, the materials used during the presentation may be varied to suit the conditions and the audience. Please chat with our presenter if there is a particular focus that you’d like us to cover.	During Social Distancing – Contact us and we’ll tailor a program to suit both your site and the State’s social distancing requirements. Further details here

Workshop version

The ability to darken the room is essential. Choose the best room you have wherever possible.
Appropriate for ages 5 and up with a maximum of 30 children per class.
Access to 3 electrical power sockets and 10 tables arranged around the room.
Chairs are not required.
Duration 60 or 90 minutes, set up time 30 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes

Show version

The ability to darken the room is essential. Choose the best room you have wherever possible.
Appropriate for ages 5 and up with a maximum of 60 children per class.
Access to 1 electrical power socket and 2 tables arranged around the room.
Chairs are not required.
Duration 60 minutes, set up time 30 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes

For us to provide the best possible learning experience, the materials used during the presentation may be varied to suit the conditions and the audience. Please chat with our presenter if there is a particular focus that you’d like us to cover.

During Social Distancing – Contact us
and we’ll tailor a program to suit both your site and the State’s social distancing requirements.

Further details here

Feedback on this Program

Hooray for free science shows at the local library. This was a fantastic show about light (with juggling and bubble tricks) from @FizzicsEd. pic.twitter.com/YZNra2khJP

— Alice Leung (@aliceleung) April 19, 2023

Cost

$495 inc. GST for a 60-minute workshop or $540 for a 90-minute workshop. $660 inc. GST for a 60-minute show with 60 kids. Available as an online class anywhere in the world. Find out more here Call 1300 856 828, or use this form to enquire or make a booking for your site.	Find out more here

$495 inc. GST for a 60-minute workshop or $540 for a 90-minute workshop.
$660 inc. GST for a 60-minute show with 60 kids.
Available as an online class anywhere in the world. Find out more here

Call 1300 856 828, or use this form to enquire or make a booking for your site.

Find out more here

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School Comments View All

I just wanted to pass on how much the staff and students really enjoyed it and how perfect it was to launch our science week activities. The students were enthralled, educated and entertained – a perfect trifecta!

-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big Fun

Thanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.

-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big Fun

Fizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.

-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun Day

Fizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.

-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big Fun