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Edible Earth
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In this activity, learners make a model of the solid Earth's layers that's good enough to eat! Learners use tasty foodstuffs to simulate Earth's inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust.
Dive into Design
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Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.
Plankton Feeding
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This activity provides a hands-on experience with a scale model, a relatively high viscosity fluid, and feeding behaviors.
Measuring Earthquakes
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In this activity, learners build their your own seismograph with household materials to document shaking.
Hail Storm House
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In this activity, learners construct hail-proof houses using recycled materials to discuss storm readiness and safety.
CD Air Puck
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In this activity, learners will use a compact disc to build an air puck that can glide across a smooth tabletop. The puck glides with almost no friction on a cushion of air escaping from a balloon.
Are Microbes Alive?
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In this activity (on pages 19-21 of the PDF) learners observe mold growing on potatoes. Preparation for this activity has to start a week before, to allow time for the mold to grow on the potatoes.
Melting Ice
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In this activity, learners explore density, convection, stratification, and, by inference, the melting of icebergs. Learners make hypotheses, test their hypotheses, and explain their observations.
Tiny Geyser Models
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In this activity (located on page 2), learners will construct tiny model geysers out of film canisters, warm water, and antacid seltzer tablets.
Coral and Chemistry
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In this experiment, learners will explore whether increased carbon dioxide makes our oceans more basic or more acidic.
Which Parachute
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In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.
Sustainable Fishing
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In this activity, learners use a model for how fishing affects marine life populations, and will construct explanations for one of the reasons why fish populations are declining.
Lava Layers
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In this activity (on pages 11-12 of PDF) learners create models of lava layers that have formed on the moon.
Watercraft
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a boat that can hold 25 pennies (or 15 one inch metal washers) for at least ten seconds before sinking.
Touch Down
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two “astronauts” when they land.
The Carbon Cycle Game
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In this activity, learners take on the role of a carbon atom and record which reservoirs in the carbon cycle they visit.
Air Cannon
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In this activity, learners create air cannons out of everyday materials. Learners use their air cannons to investigate air as a force and air pressure.
Carbon Cycle Poster
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In this activity, learners gain knowledge about how carbon moves through all four of the Earth’s major spheres (biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere), and understand how humans influenc
The Daily Ups and Downs
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In this activity, learners graph 48 hourly air temperatures from a local weather observation site and observe the diurnal temperature variations.
Wind Works!
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Learners will build and experiment with their own windmills made from simple household materials.