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Paper 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: 0Light As Air
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Mathematics, Personal and Community Health 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: 0Potato Power
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Area & VolumeVisitors 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: 0To Dye For
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Earth's ResourcesVisitors 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: 0Layers of Liquids
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Properties of Matter, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases)Visitors 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: 0Plastic Milk
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Acids & Bases, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Engineering & DesignIn 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: 0Shrinkers
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Engineering & DesignIn 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: 0Plaster Casts
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Chemical Reactions & StoichiometryIn 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: 0Spicy Indicator
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Acids & Bases, Chemistry, 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: 0Lichen Looking
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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: 0Rock Pioneers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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: 0Making a Soda Geyser Generator
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Soda Brand vs. Height Experiment
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Measurement & Tools, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Number of Mentos vs. Height
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Measurement & Tools, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Temperature vs. Height
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, Chemistry, Measurement & Tools 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: 0Seas in Motion
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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: 0Geometry and Algebra
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Number Sense, Physics, Engineering & Design, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Exploring Strange New Worlds
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Our Solar System, Earth & Space Science, Engineering & Design, MathematicsThis 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: 0Make a Comet Model and Eat It!
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Our Solar System, Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, Chemistry 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: 0Ready to Observe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Our Solar System, Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry 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

