The 17th Annual Super Science Saturday will offer hands-on experiences for students to learn about math and science.

St. Joseph Museums Public Relations Officer Kathy Reno said something new this year will be the opportunity to make an unusual non-Newtonian fluid called “oobleck.”

“There’s going to teach the students how to make it and they’re going to teach the children the chemistry behind it,” Reno said. “This came about in such a fun way. There are four Central High School senior students and they’re working on their International Baccalaureate Diploma. As part of that, they have to show community service in a creative way, so this is a project they pitched to us and we thought it was a terrific idea.”

Science instructor Rich Piper of Union Star High School will have a variety of interactive experiments and and make-it and take-it science projects. Other activities will include a room-size “Math Maze,” ongoing and interactive experiments presented by Missouri Western State University Chemistry professors, shows in Bushman Planetarium and Casey’s Creatures.

Reno said the activities are geared toward third, fourth and fifth grade students.

“When we started 17 years ago, we decided third, fourth and fifth was the audience we really wanted to get excited about math and science and get them thinking about it in terms of studying it throughout their lives and possibly even seeing it as a career option,” Reno said.

Super Science Saturday takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 27th at the Remington/Agenstein Hall on the Missouri Western State University campus. The cost is $3 for students and adults. Parking is free.

For more information, call (816) 232-8471 or click here.