Activities
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In this activity, students will discuss and compare plants, animals, and their surroundings in deserts, oceans/ beaches, and rainforests.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the nature of light, make predictions about and assess its ability to pass through various substances.
- K–5
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In this activity, students explore the effects of physical and chemical weathering on various types of rocks.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will make sound three ways: by blowing across the top of a bottle, tapping a glass, and running a finger around the rim of a glass.
- K–5
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In this activity, students use simple materials to produce and observe cloud formation.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will compare two forces of energy on the motion, velocity, and direction of an object.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will observe animals that evoke fear and then map out their role in a food web.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will test and observe the bouncing properties of different types of balls (softball, basketball, golf ball, playground ball, volleyball, beach ball, ball of paper).
- K–5
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In this activity students will experiment with how far sound travels naturally, as compared to how far it travels with satellite amplification.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will help solve a "crime" by attempting to match fingerprints from their classmates to the scene of a (fictional) crime.
- K–5
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Students will investigate the application of 3D printing to space technology.
- 9–12
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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 explore similarities and differences among liquids helps to build foundational ideas of matter and molecular structure.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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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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Students will examine two different techniques for mapping different aspects of the ocean, and will model those techniques on a small scale in the classroom.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the elements in the periodic table and how to interpret the information for each element.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will assess solar power by comparing its effect on rain (water), sleet (ice), and snow (popsicles).
- K–5
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In this activity, students explore how sound waves travel through various materials.
- K–5