Science Bonanza

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STEM-powered Family Fun

The Science Bonanza is a fun event that gives youth the chance to explore a wide variety of STEM topics in an interactive atmosphere. The next Science Bonanza will be held in December 2024. Stay tuned for the date and location!    

4-H

The 4-H Science Bonanza is an annual event sponsored by the 4-H Foundation of New Hampshire. 4-H is the youth educational program of UNH Extension. 

The youngest participants, ages 5-7, will have their very own experience at the Science Bonanza geared specifically for their age. Proceeds from the event provide t-shirts for participants, scholarships to attend the event and materials for workshops.  Along with workshops for both youth and adults, boxed lunches are provided and a raffle will be held at the end of the day.

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  • Volunteer reading book to children
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  • 4-H volunteer showing child how to measure tree
  • Adult volunteer helping students with STEM project
  • Girl counting seeds in butternut squash
Community Involvement

The Science Bonanza includes an expo filled with displays from local STEM education organizations. This provides a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about the fun and important STEM work right here in New Hampshire! 

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Volunteers

Teams of educators will help your little ones safely learn about electricity, create a new invention, control a robot, become a wildlife detective and so much more.  Adults are required to stay with their 5-7 year-old participant.

  • Child controlling robot with remote while volunteer observes

3D Puzzle Cube Design

Using 3D graphing skills, students create a puzzle cube that they can take home. TinkerCAD coding is used to design the puzzles.

Feeling Electric

Hands-on workshop where participants get the opportunity to safely see and feel electricity in action.

Get to Know the Gut Microbiome

You may have heard about microbes before, but did you know that they are in your gut? Wonder what they are doing and who they are? This workshop not only teaches about gut microbes but also how scientists study them!

Hydroponics

Student learn how to build systems to grow plants without soil.

Invention in a Bag

Calling all inventors! If you like challenges and building things, this activity is for you. In this workshop, students solve problems and design solutions using random materials to create their very own original invention. Explore the steps of the Invention Process and create a totally unique device that will help others in some way. Bring your imagination and your creativity and ignite the spark of innovation in all of us.

Makeblock Robotics

The Makeblock mBot is a ready-to-go, multi-modality robotics platform accessible for young coders of many ages. Students spend the hour playing "teleop" (iPad controlled) games and tackling "autonomous" (coded) challenges.

Paper Circuits Greeting Card

In this brilliant workshop students will learn to make a unique greeting card that uses a simple circuit to light a single LED bulb. 

Rubbish in our Rivers

Students will learn what happens to trash as it is transported by water to the ocean. Students will experience how scientists measure plastic particles in the environment from sampling to identification, how these particles affect organisms and ways we can prevent plastic pollution.

Wigglebots

Wigglebots are fun little robots made with an off-balance motor and scraps of reused or recycled junk. Making a wigglebot involves a little bit of science to get the motor to work and a lot of creativity to imagine and build the most fantastic wigglebot that can wiggle and skitter across the floor.

Wild Detective: Trash, Scat and Bones!

Have you ever wanted to figure out what wild mammals are wandering through your backyard and neighborhood? In this workshop, students observe tracks, feeding evidence, scat, skulls and bones to learn about wildlife. 

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