Science Adventure Series

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• Nights at McRae: Stop the Mad Scientist! - February 24-25, 2023

  Look out! A mad scientist named Dr. Bio Hazard was using radioactive uranium inappropriately, but luckily mascot Andy reclaimed and buried it somewhere on campus, for our safety. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use clues left behind by Andy to find the uranium before Dr. Hazard can! We are recruiting 4th-6th grade students to help complete a series of engineering, chemistry, physics, and other science-related tasks in order to “stop the mad scientist.” This escape room adventure will be an overnight event held in the McRae Science Center, hosted by the St. Andrew’s science department. 
  
  Register your child by completing this form. You may pay by cash, check or credit card. The online payment form is here. Be sure to complete the written form or your reservation cannot be confirmed!

• Sip & Science: The Taste of Science - March 30, 2023

  Ever wonder why people choose certain wines to pair with dinner or what actually happened to that egg when it was poached? This event, for individuals 21 and over, will give adults the chance to see how chemistry is integrated into everything we cook, and how our individualized sense of taste can create diverse culinary perceptions. 

  
  

  Hosted in the lobby of the McRae Science Center, we’ll spend the evening socializing with appetizers and alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, while sampling and noticing the unique chemical properties of food and drinks. As we move through the evening, we’ll pause for brief sessions to discuss concepts such as functional groups associated with organic compounds that create acidic or sweet tastes, how our individualized genetics differentiate our own sense of taste, and spend time understanding flavor at the molecular level and the types of chemical reactions often seen in baking. We will end the evening with a few activities that may change your own perception of taste. 

  
  

  Please note that the price of admission covers the cost of all food and beverages for the evening, and that registration by the day before (March 29th) is needed. REGISTER HERE! Must be 21 or over.

• Nights at McRae: Nocturnality - April 28-29, 2023

  Join us for our final Nights at McRae for the spring semester as we spend the evening learning about all things nocturnal. This event, available for students in 4th-6th grade, will focus on constellations and how celestial events can shape plant, animal, and fungal behavior. Students will see how animals like birds and salamanders use the moon and stars during migration, how tide cycles create incredible changes in terrestrial and aquatic biomes, discuss how some organisms have amazing adaptations to stay alive in a nocturnal environment, and much more! This will be an overnight event held in the McRae Science Center, hosted by the St. Andrew’s science department. 
  
  Register your child by completing this form. You may pay by cash, check or credit card. The online payment form is here. Be sure to complete the written form or your reservation cannot be confirmed!