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Supermarket Science: The King Sooper Lab
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In this investigation, learners gather information on various food items during a field trip to a local grocery store.
Sweet Measurements
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners investigate how much sugar is in a soda. Learners use sugar cubes to measure and calculate the amount of sugar in a bottle of soda.
Cheese: Behold the Power of Chemistry
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Get Cooking With Chemistry), learners conduct an experiment to get an idea of how cheese is made.
Why is the Sky Blue?
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In this activity, learners create a "mini sky" in a glass of water in a dark room.
Clogged Arteries
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In this activity, learners explore how eating unhealthy food can damage a heart and arteries.
Powder Particulars
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In this introductory activity and demonstration, learners are introduced to the concept that different substances react chemically in characteristic ways.
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?
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Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.
Molecular Menagerie
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In this activity, learners use molecular model kits to construct familiar molecules like lactose, caffeine, and Aspirin.
A Walk Through the Gut
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This simulation helps learners understand what happens to food as it passes through the digestive system.
The Jelly Bean Problem (JBP)
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In this activity, learners are challenged to eat some candy as a cell would need to as well as to think about some of the problems that arise when a cell ingests food.
Laser Jello
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In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.
Cartesian Diver
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In this quick activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: California Fish), learners will build a simple Cartesian Diver in an empty 2-liter bottle.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Constellations
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This chocolate chip cookie recipe includes templates for baking night sky constellations of the season right on top! Two templates are included, one for 9pm mid-April, and one for 10pm mid-July.
Growing Food From Scraps
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In this activity, learners will explore vegetative propagation while preparing food scraps to grow into plants.
Yeast DNA Extraction
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This laboratory exercise is designed to show learners how DNA can easily be extracted from yeast using simple materials.
Hot Stuff!
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In this activity, learners discover that sand is the major ingredient in glass.
Make a Green Gumball Black
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In this optics activity, learners use a shoebox, colored cellophane and sunlight to "change" the colors of gumballs. Learners will be surprised when the green and blue gumballs appear black!
Sweet Speedway
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In this activity, learners test different food items by timing how long it takes each liquid to slide from the top of a ramp to the bottom.
Milli's Insulation Investigation
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In this activity on page 2 of the PDF, learners test different materials to find out which is the best insulator.
Layered Fossil Parfait: Deeper is Older
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur fossils by making an edible treat. First, learners read "Dinosaur Bones" by Aliki to examine how fossils are formed.