Activities
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In this activity, students create an acid-based indicator using red cabbage extract.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students build simple circuits to investigate the conductivity of solutions.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore the five senses by performing a variety of activities.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of how a simple hovercraft uses the forces of motion to move.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will construct a model ear to learn how different materials transmit sound.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will make their own weather station.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will create their own insulating "ice chambers" and then test them against the models made by their classmates.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of how sound waves travel through different media by building a sound transmission device.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will excavate a box containing several layers of sediment.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will create a simple electromagnet using a nail, a battery, and copper wire.
- K–5
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In this activity, students use a stream table to model the processes of erosion and streambed formation.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore the nature of human hearing by attempting to determine the location of coins dropping at different locations in a room.
- K–5
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In this investigation, students will design three different circuit arrangements with a switch capable of lighting a small light bulb. They will use the results of this investigation to determine the best configuration for wiring holiday lights.
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will examine the behavior of different types of solids when they are dissolved in water and explain those behaviors by examining the properties of the solids.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will create a simple model of Earth as a magnet.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will use a ramp to launch a ball and strike a target.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of performing a controlled experiment and how different variables affect the distance travelled by a stomp rocket.
- K–5
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will compare samples of monomers and polymers in powder and thread form (sugar/cotton candy and cotton flock/cotton balls).
- 9–12