FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY PTA

Santa Monica, CA

science club

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Science Club presents Earthquakes! Tuesday, January 14, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Earthquakes! By SMC, City of Santa Monica Emergency Services, SOS Survival Products, and Adventure 16: Tuesday, January 14, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, Cafetorium

Living in California? Let’s learn about earthquakes! SMC Geology program faculty and students will be on hand to facilitate fun earthquake activities, such as simulation of different types of earthquake waves and intensities! City of Santa Monica Emergency Services will then give us a run down on the most important safety tips to remember. The event will end with the opportunity for everyone to purchase earthquake supplies and emergency survival kits from SOS Survival Products and Adventure 16 – a percentage of all sales benefiting Franklin!

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Science Club TONIGHT at 6:30pm in the Cafetorium!

Wildlife Learning Center’s “North American Wildlife Show” on Monday, October 21, 6:30 pm, Cafetorium 

Mark your calendars for Monday, October 21, 6:30 pm in the cafetorium, when we will be amazed by the Wildlife Learning Center’s North American Wildlife Show, which will feature the coatimundi (What the heck is a coatimundi?, North American porcupine, owl, fox, prairie dog, red-tailed hawk, American alligator, king snake, and the California desert tortoise – truly amazing, right?!?!?  The Wildlife Learning Center rescues wildlife and provides outreach and onsite education in wildlife biology. The Center is located in Sylmar, CA where more than 70 different species of rescued and zoo-born wild animals call this shady, natural environment home.

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Don’t Miss Science Club’s “Waterology” Event

Don’t Miss “Waterology” by Shows That Teach on Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 pm, Cafetorium

Now for the really fun stuff!  Mark your calendars for our first Science Club Event, which will take place on Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 pm in the cafetorium.  Waterology is an energetic musical show about water science, runoff and water conservation.  Students will be interactively involved with songs, competitions, call-and-response skits and comedy to make every moment fun, funny and educational.  Concepts covered include:  water is vital for living things; water should not be wasted; the water cycle; storm drain pollution; gravity’s effect on water; H2O is hydrogen and oxygen; and more!  Don’t miss out!

To put your name on the Science Club Family List, just contact Julia Miele at julia.miele@juno.com.

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Brainstorm Science Club Events!

Join us for an informal parent meeting on Tuesday, September 10, 8:45 am, Lunch Tables

Please join the Science Club co-chairs at the Cafetorium’s outdoor lunch tables for an informal meeting where parents can brainstorm the new events for the year.  If you have an idea and would like to host an event, please come to this meeting!  Last year, several parents hosted programs and they were very successful, so don’t be shy!  RSVPs to Erin, Johanna or Julia are encouraged but not necessary. 

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Balloon Drop Volunteers Needed

Water Balloon Drop, Wednesday, May 8, 1:30 pm, Front Lawn!
Get ready to build your contraption for our Annual Water Balloon Drop, which will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 1:30 pm in front of the school on the Terrace next to Mr. Reff’s classroom.
 
We are now actively looking for Water Balloon Drop volunteers to work behind the scenes! 
Don’t forget important contest rules!
1.       Each contestant needs to build an apparatus that will enable a water balloon to survive the fall from the windows of Ms. Flynn’s second story classroom without breaking.
2.       Each device will be tested only once.  Success is determined entirely by whether the water balloon survives the drop.
3.       Students must provide all materials, including the water balloon filled with water no smaller than a 12″ circumference (hint: wrap a tape measure around the filled balloon).
4.       Maximum size water balloon apparatus to be 12″x12″x12″.
5.       Each balloon must be filled with tap water without additives.
6.       Only students who create a water balloon apparatus and participate in this event will receive prizes and credit towards their Science Club Explorer’s Trophy.