SC Johnson’s Kaleidoscope Education Series (KES) programs complement school curricula and state science, math and technology standards. We invite you to join us in this 47th year of STEM programs made available at no cost to schools and students. Again this year, programs will spark students’ interest in science and the world around them.
Participate in person at the Golden Rondelle in Racine or via broadcast to classrooms in communities where we do business.
Take a look at the schedule of upcoming programs below – listed by suggested grade – and make your reservation. More programs will be added throughout the year so check back often to reserve your seats.
Direct questions to: grted@scj.com or (262) 260-3091.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
An innovative and unique science program where students build on problem solving skills by working out ways to combine simple machines to construct a successfully functioning mousetrap design. Student will have fun as they learn and help demonstrate the workings of the five essential simple machines: the Lever, the Wheel, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane and the Screw. (Presented by Smarty Pants World)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Wonderful Water starts off with everyone participating as we ask questions, make predictions and experiment to test our guesses. Students learn about solids, liquids and gases, the water cycle and everyday things they can do to protect the Earth. Seeing experiments that have a big wow factor and can be done at home ensure they’ll keep learning long after the program is over. (Presented by Crystal Clear Science)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
An innovative and unique science program where students build on problem solving skills by working out ways to combine simple machines to construct a successfully functioning mousetrap design. Student will have fun as they learn and help demonstrate the workings of the five essential simple machines: the Lever, the Wheel, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane and the Screw. (Presented by Smarty Pants World)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Wonderful Water starts off with everyone participating as we ask questions, make predictions and experiment to test our guesses. Students learn about solids, liquids and gases, the water cycle and everyday things they can do to protect the Earth. Seeing experiments that have a big wow factor and can be done at home ensure they’ll keep learning long after the program is over. (Presented by Crystal Clear Science)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Grade-appropriate math vocabulary and lessons are introduced and reinforced in fun and mysterious demonstrations. Real-life examples involving patterns, problem solving, permutation and estimation examples will be shared. The concepts of symmetry and mathematical creativity are explored in ways your class will remember. Teachers will appreciate this math program as they watch students learn that math is fun and magical! (Presented by Doug Scheer through Academic Entertainment)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Get excited for a special experience – this program helps your students develop their data drawing superpowers! Students will hear the book Daphne Draws Data read aloud and then participate in an interactive graphing activity. Daphne is not your ordinary dragon – she doesn't breathe fire, but breathes life into numbers, turning them into pictures that unravel mysteries, forge friendships and save the day! This engaging program introduces children to numbers, data and charts and inspires them to continue to explore graphing, helping them build lifelong problem-solving skills! (Presented by Kaitlin Henze)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Get ready to lift your lessons off the ground as Captain Lee, a real hot air balloon pilot, guides students through the science of flight! This high energy program brings the principles of weight, density, and buoyancy to life as students discover how warming air makes a balloon rise and cooling air brings it gently back down. They’ll explore how weather, wind patterns, and air pressure shape every flight, as well as cover more basic states of matter. With hands-on demonstrations and the thrill of seeing professional balloon equipment up close, this program turns abstract concepts into a sky-high adventure your students will never forget!
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Students will be involved in demonstrations showing the weight of air, the effects of the atmosphere, and the properties and actions involved in a vacuum. Experiments with air cannons, windbags, a hovercraft, and more show that the air everywhere is a lot more exciting than you think! Your class will learn how to measure the weight of air, how an airplane flies and see a guest shrink wrapped! (Presented by Mobile Ed Productions)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Get excited for a special experience – this program helps your students develop their data drawing superpowers! Students will hear the book Daphne Draws Data read aloud and then participate in an interactive graphing activity. Daphne is not your ordinary dragon – she doesn't breathe fire, but breathes life into numbers, turning them into pictures that unravel mysteries, forge friendships and save the day! This engaging program introduces children to numbers, data and charts and inspires them to continue to explore graphing, helping them build lifelong problem-solving skills! (Presented by Kaitlin Henze)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Get ready to lift your lessons off the ground as Captain Lee, a real hot air balloon pilot, guides students through the science of flight! This high energy program brings the principles of weight, density, and buoyancy to life as students discover how warming air makes a balloon rise and cooling air brings it gently back down. They’ll explore how weather, wind patterns, and air pressure shape every flight, as well as cover more basic states of matter. With hands-on demonstrations and the thrill of seeing professional balloon equipment up close, this program turns abstract concepts into a sky-high adventure your students will never forget!
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Illusionist Bill Blagg’s one-of-a-kind educational experience, The Science of Magic, takes students on a rare, never-before-seen journey “behind the scenes” of the magic world. Students will discover firsthand how magicians use science to create the impossible!
Bill’s comedy-filled, action-packed, presentation is highly interactive and makes science fun and exciting! Students will use the Scientific Method to levitate one of their teachers in mid-air and even learn how the science of reflection can make their homework magically disappear! The Science of Magic is designed to excite, educate, intrigue and promote students to think “outside the box” and spawn their curiosity about how science and the Scientific Method can be used to create the impossible! (Presented by Bill Blagg)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Share the experience of attending an opera with your students! This Florentine Opera original adaptation of Donizetti's Elixir of Love reminds us that the best person to be is YOU! Music is performed in the original Italian, tied together with dialogue in English. This 45-minute program includes plenty of time for Q&A. NEW THIS YEAR, to help your class be prepared for this operetta, materials and activities will be shared with teachers in advance of your performance day. (Presented by The Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
This program will take students on a thrilling journey through the mysteries of reflection, refraction and the magic of lasers. Explore how light bends through glass, while we discover the secrets of the refraction index and experiment with beams. Students will see science come alive as they learn how fire interacts with light. This program turns abstract concepts into unforgettable discoveries - sparking a lifelong love of STEM! (Presented by Absolute Science)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Illusionist Bill Blagg’s one-of-a-kind educational experience, The Science of Magic, takes students on a rare, never-before-seen journey “behind the scenes” of the magic world. Students will discover firsthand how magicians use science to create the impossible!
Bill’s comedy-filled, action-packed, presentation is highly interactive and makes science fun and exciting! Students will use the Scientific Method to levitate one of their teachers in mid-air and even learn how the science of reflection can make their homework magically disappear! The Science of Magic is designed to excite, educate, intrigue and promote students to think “outside the box” and spawn their curiosity about how science and the Scientific Method can be used to create the impossible! (Presented by Bill Blagg)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Your class will get a backstage pass to the musical side of math in this upbeat, hands-on program focused on empowering young minds through musical math education. This program fosters a deeper understanding of math concepts, including the fractions and patterns behind rhythm, pitch and scales! (Presented by George Mauer through Academic Entertainment).
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
This program will take students on a thrilling journey through the mysteries of reflection, refraction and the magic of lasers. Explore how light bends through glass, while we discover the secrets of the refraction index and experiment with beams. Students will see science come alive as they learn how fire interacts with light. This program turns abstract concepts into unforgettable discoveries - sparking a lifelong love of STEM! (Presented by Absolute Science)
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Your class will get a backstage pass to the musical side of math in this upbeat, hands-on program focused on empowering young minds through musical math education. This program fosters a deeper understanding of math concepts, including the fractions and patterns behind rhythm, pitch and scales! (Presented by George Mauer through Academic Entertainment).
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
Your class will get a backstage pass to the musical side of math in this upbeat, hands-on program focused on empowering young minds through musical math education. This program fosters a deeper understanding of math concepts, including the fractions and patterns behind rhythm, pitch and scales! (Presented by George Mauer through Academic Entertainment).
Click here to make your reservation to attend a broadcast or in person at the Golden Rondelle.
