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Tesla’s Toolbox Workshops: Conservation of Energy

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Tesla’s Toolbox Workshops: Conservation of Energy

Tesla's Toolbox workshops are held at 11:00am and 2:00pm!

Event Series:

Tesla's Toolbox

October 23, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm MDT

Admission:

Nonmember - SFDC General Admission plus $5 material fee per person. Passport Member - $5 materials fee per person.
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Location:

Space Foundation Discovery Center
Tesla's Toolbox

Event Details:

Join us as we return to Tesla’s Toolbox workshops at the Discovery Center in honor of genius engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla 1856-1943, and energy pioneer to learn about Energy. Energy – it’s all around us Did you know that it never disappears?

  • Participants will see and participate in demonstrations showing examples of how energy doesn’t disappear, it only transfers.
  • Participants will then build a fun, yet simple, model with which they will test this concept to better understand it.
  • Participants will take this model home with them to continue testing at home and anywhere they choose.

    Workshop Session #1:  11:00 a.m. – noon
    Workshop Session #2:  2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

    Workshop Activities:
     Demonstrations:
    – Conservation of Energy demo
    – Angular Momentum Transfer demo
    Activity:
    – Build an energy test model
    – Test energy test model for Conservation of Energy
    – Test model for energy transfer through collision
Workshops are on a first-come, first-served basis.
$5 materials fee in addition to SFDC General Admission.
This event will be the MOST fun for ages 7 and up.
Parents must accompany children.

 

Passport Members-only Benefit
Passport Member Benefit-Complimentary SFDC General Admission
Become a Passport Member: Discovery Center Passport