Ready, Set, LEARN!

Gather your materials and hop online to join Mister C for a summer event that’s like no other!  PLUS, it’s 100% FREE!

This July, Mister C takes his two-time Emmy nominated series Full STEAM Ahead on the virtual road and joins Alabama Public Television for its 2020 virtual summer camp.  In addition to all of the amazing content and activities Alabama Public Television is organizing, Mister C will be live on Facebook each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10:30AM EST/9:30AM CST in July to bring you one of his favorite Full STEAM Ahead episodes.  We’re going to explore these amazing STEAM activities and conduct these experiments in real time!  We hope all of you join us!

It’s simple.  Below, you’ll find a list of dates and the main activity for the episode and all materials you’ll need to follow along with Mister C!  That’s right, not only are we going to have fun learning together, but we are going to conduct our experiments together!

Week 1 – July 7 & 9

Bubble-ology
Mister C bubble Science camp
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Gather your supplies:

    1. Water
    2. Dish soap
    3. Pipe Cleaners
    4. 12 Straws
    5. Large Bowl
    6. Scissors
Water Walk
Mister C Science Camp Water Walk
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Paper towels
  2. 5 Cups
  3. Water
  4. Food coloring

Week 2 – July 14 & 16

Chromatography
Mister C Chromatography Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Coffee filters
  2. Markers
  3. 2 cups
  4. Water
Skittle Diffusion
Mister C Skittle Diffusion Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Two (2) different types of your favorite hard shell candies
  2. Shallow plates
  3. Warm and cold water
  4. Cup to pour water

Week 3 – July 21 & 23

Oobleck
Mister C OOBLECK Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Cake pan or shallow container
  2. Cornstarch
  3. Water
  4. Measuring Cups
  5. *Optional – Spoon, pencil, marble
Marshmallow Towers
Mister C Marshmallow Towers Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Bag of small Marshmallows (or other soft candy like gumdrops)
  2. Box of toothpicks
  3. Paper
  4. Pencil

Week 4 – July 28 & 30

Pendulum Art
Mister C Pendulum Art Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Plastic Cups
  2. String
  3. Rubberbands
  4. Paint – small and large
  5. Water
  6. Scissors
  7. Something to suspend your pendulum.  For example, a meter stick set on two buckets.
Paper Tricks
Mister C Paper Tricks Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Paper (Different Colors and sizes optional)
  2. Scissors
  3. Tape

Week 5 – August 4 & 6

Solar Balloons
Mister C Solar Balloons Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. Seven (7) large black trash bags
  2. Lightweight packaging tape
  3. Scissors
  4. Kite string (or something similar)
Telephone Cups
Mister C Telephone Cups Summer Camp
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Gather your supplies:

  1. 4 plastic cups
  2. Kite String (more than one type if possible)
  3. Large paperclips
  4. Scissors