Materials science through ceramics

Every pot is a materials experiment

Free hands-on workshops that teach K–6 students how structure, porosity, and heat turn wet earth into solid glass.

Students gathered around a potter's wheel during a workshop
200+
students reached
10+
demos
5
science modules
Free
always, for every venue

What We Do

Three things, in every session.

Hands-on workshops

Students make their own pots of their design and take them home the same day.

Live wheel demo

Kids watch a pot thrown start to finish, and see exactly where the science happens.

Educator resources

Free slides and an activity guide any teacher can run after we leave.

The science we teach

Structure, porosity, glazing, thermal behavior, and how form follows function - five modules, all visible at kid scale.

See the curriculum

Workshops in Action

A library meeting room full of children watching a pottery demonstration

Oakton library

A full-room session on vitrification, then a live wheel demo for a crowd of kids and parents.

A portable pottery wheel station set up at a school event

Fairfax county public school event

A mobile wheel station where every student who stopped by get to learn and feel the science.

Bring a wheel to your room

Libraries, schools, and community centers in Northern Virginia. No wheel, no kiln, no setup, no cost.

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