Great Explorations in Math and Science
Super Saturday
Penguins and Their Young
Go Green
Preschool
Students emerge in learning about the penguin's body
structure, its cold home of ice and water, what it eats,
and how emperor penguin parents care for their young.
A life-sized poster invites the students to compare their
heights and body structures to those of this four-foot-tall
bird. Children experience a penguin's icy home by
playing with cork penguins in a tub of "icebergs" and
water. Using paper-bag penguins, the youngsters create
dramas on a paper-ocean scene complete with floating
ice, and continue role-playing when baby penguins
"hatch" from plastic eggs.
Grades 3-5
Children will learn about green engineering
and work to engineer toy race cars made out
of recycled materials. The unit is set in a realworld context: children will learn about the
recycling culture in Senegal and the toys
children make there.
Elephants and Their Young
Kindergarten
Children actively learn about the African elephant's
body structure, family life, and social behavior. In a
series of lively activities, children make model
elephants out of paper and cardboard, then devise
elephant puppets with sock-trunks. They create
models of elephant's ears, trunks, and tusks; make
elephant sounds; and sing the "Elephant Song." As
they role-play, using their "trunks," foraging for food,
and searching for water, the children gain insight into
how elephants live in the wild.
Matter/Involving Dissolving
Grades 1 & 2
Young students learn to look beyond the obvious in
this series of highly involving activities on dissolving,
evaporation, and crystallization. Using familiar
substances, students create homemade "gel-o,"
colorful disks, and crystals that emerge on black paper
to make a "starry night." Does the substance
disappear? If not, where does it go? Could it ever
come back? As young students ponder these ideas
and gain experience mixing and observing different
solutions, they benefit from this very positive early
experience with chemistry.
When & Where?
Super Saturday courses will be held
Saturday, Feb. 11, 18 and 25 from 9
a.m. to noon. Each class has three
sessions held in the Education and
Human Services Building at Central
Michigan University.
Register Now
Enclose payment & registration to:
GEMS Super Saturday
Central Michigan University
EHS Building 459
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
For more information, contact:
Jim McDonald
GEMS Program Director
989-444-1602
[email protected]
SUPER SATURDAY PROGRAM REGISTRATION | FEB. 11, 18 & 25, 2017
Name _________________________________________ Birth Date ______ /______ /______ Grade ______________
Address _________________________________________________ City ___________________________________
State _____Zip Code __________ School ____________________________ District _____________________
Race/Ethnicity: circle all that apply (optional)
African American Hispanic Caucasian, Non-Hispanic Asian Native American
Gender: (optional) Male Female
*Ethnicity & Gender are used for data research & evaluation purposes ONLY – Does not affect eligibility!
Parent/Legal Guardian Name: _________________________ Email Address: _________________________________
Home Phone: (___) ______________ Work Phone: (___) ________________ Cell Phone: (___) ___________________
PHOTO RELEASE
I, the parent or legal guardian of a child participating in this program by Central Michigan University (“CMU”), hereby authorize CMU and those
acting pursuant to its authority to: (a) Record my child’s likeness and voice on a video, audio, photographic, digital, electronic or any other
medium; (b) Use my child’s name in connection with these recordings; (c) Use, reproduce, exhibit or distribute in any form (e.g. print publications,
video tapes, CD-ROM, Internet/WWW or any other form now or hereafter developed) these recordings for any purpose that CMU, and those
acting pursuant to its authority, deem appropriate, including promotional or advertising purposes. I understand that all such recordings, in
whatever medium, shall remain the property of CMU.
Parent/Legal Guardian Signature ______________________________________
Date_________________________
WAIVER OF LIABILITY
I hereby acknowledge that participation in this program and related activities is at the sole discretion and judgment of the parent or guardian
and may involve an inherent risk of physical injury. I, on behalf of my son/daughter, hereby assume all such risk. I hereby release and agree to
hold harmless CMU, its Board of Trustees, students and employees from claims, actions, damages and liabilities for personal injury or damage
relating to or arising out of any program activity except where the injury or damage is caused by the gross negligence of the university’s
employees. CMU is not responsible for lost or stolen property.
Parent/Legal Guardian Signature (required) _____________________________________
Date___________________
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Please list any medical conditions program personnel should be aware of _________________________________
List any medications currently taking ___________________________________________________________________
Allergies (food or medication) _________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Contact (if parent/guardian cannot be reached)
Name _______________________________ Relationship ______________________ Phone (___) _________________
COURSE PREFERENCE
Your child can participate in two Super Saturday courses. Select two, in order of preference, that your child would like to enroll
(choices 1 & 2).
____ Penguins and Their Young (Pre-k)
____ Matter/Involving Dissolving (1-2)
____ Elephants and Their Young (K)
____ Go Green (3-5)
PAYMENT
Cost is $35 per child. *$30 each for two or more children. Payment due upon submission of registration (by cash, credit card or check
made payable to CMU) by Feb. 3, 2017. If paying with credit card, please go to the Learning Commons at Central Michigan
University in EHS 134. No refunds are made after classes begin. *Please contact the GEMS Center if financial assistance is needed.
How did you find out about Super Saturday? (circle one)
Poster
Friend
Newspaper
Teacher
Internet
Other: ________________
This will be my child’s first Super Saturday: (circle one) YES NO
Confirmation will be sent via email!