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Resource Type: DocumentPaper Whites
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space ScienceVisitors observe different paper samples under ordinary room light and under a black light. Visitors learn some of the chemical ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLight As Air
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Current Science, Personal and Community Health, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 9 additional..Visitors measure a bottle full of air, then use a vacuum pump to remove the air. When they re-weigh the bottle, visitors find th...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPotato Power
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Area & Volume, Earth & Space ScienceVisitors combine hydrogen peroxide with three different forms of potato: raw chunks, ground chunks, and boiled chunks. They obse...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentTo Dye For
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceVisitors add two dyes to mineral oil and water, then compare their miscibility (how well they mix) in each. Visitors learn that ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLayers of Liquids
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Physics, Chemistry, Properties of Matter, Earth & Space ScienceVisitors pour equal amounts of coffee, mineral oil, corn syrup, and alcohol into a beaker. The liquids resolve into stacked laye...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlastic Milk
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Physics, Chemistry, Acids & Bases, Earth & Space ScienceIn this activity, learners make a plastic protein polymer from milk. Adding vinegar to milk causes the protein casein to solidif...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentShrinkers
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space ScienceIn this activity, learners (with adult help and supervision) investigate how heat affects polystyrene plastic. Polystyrene #6 pl...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPlaster Casts
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Earth & Space ScienceIn this activity learners combine two substances (plaster of Paris and water) to make a cast of an object's imprint in clay. Sci...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
Spicy Indicator
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Acids & Bases, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This activity uses turmeric, a common spice in curry, as an indicator for acidity and basicity. Turmeric is yellow in acid and n...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: DocumentLichen Looking
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Earth's Resources, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..In this outdoor activity, learners search for lichen, a combination of a fungus and an alga living together. Lichen grow where m...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentRock Pioneers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Earth's Resources, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science and 5 additional..In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners investigate organisms that live along the ocean's rocky coast. Learners add bare r...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking a Soda Geyser Generator
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 6 additional..In this activity, learners build soda geyser generators (under adult supervision) to conduct soda geyser investigations (i.e. fa...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSoda Brand vs. Height Experiment
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Measurement & Tools, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Mathematics and 6 additional..In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine which brand of soda makes the best (heighest) soda geyser....Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNumber of Mentos vs. Height
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Measurement & Tools, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Mathematics and 7 additional..In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how many Mentos are needed to make the tallest possible so...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTemperature vs. Height
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Measurement & Tools, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Mathematics and 7 additional..In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how temperature will affect the height of a soda geyser. L...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentSeas in Motion
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, History-Social Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Measurement & Tools and 10 additional..In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentGeometry and Algebra
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Number Sense, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Angles & Pythagorean Theorem, Engineering & Design and 12 additional..In this activity, learners discover how NASA engineers develop experimental aircraft. Learners will use geometry and algebra to ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentExploring Strange New Worlds
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Engineering & Design, Mathematics, Our Solar System, Earth & Space ScienceThis fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore model planets (that they or an educator will create), usin...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentMake a Comet Model and Eat It!
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Engineering & Design, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) and 6 additional..In this activity, learners build a model of a comet using edible materials to learn about their structure. Learners then use the...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentReady to Observe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 4 additional..This fun hands-on astronomy activity uses a variety of simple props to help learners understand why they see what they see in a ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0