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Got Gas?
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Create gas with a glass of water, some wire, conductors and a battery! You will be separating water (H2O) into oxygen and hydrogen.
Two Button Buzzer Circuit
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In this activity, learners explore an everyday situation, where either of two or more buttons can ring a buzzer.
Happy City
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Make a model city happier with LEDs, circuits, motors, and batteries! Groups can think, discuss, design, and build what would make a community happy. Kids can work as part of a team or on their own.
Static Electricity
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In this quick activity, learners explore static electricity using a plastic comb, wool cloth, puffed rice, and a plastic bag.
Electroscope
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In this activity, learners make an electroscope out of a foam cup, straw, aluminum pie pan, thread, and foil. Learners use their electroscopes to test for static electricity.
Forward-Reverse Switch
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In this activity, learners build a switch to turn electrical circuits on and off.
Static Water
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In this activity, learners will use static elecricity to bend a stream of water without touching it. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.
Insulators and Conductors
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of conducting or insulating electricity.
Cake by Conduction
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In this demonstration, cook a cake using the heat produced when the cake batter conducts an electric current.
Properties of Metals
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.
Motorized Balancing Toy
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In this activity, learners build a toy that flies in circles. This activity introduces learners to center of mass, torque, and rotational motion.
Circles of Magnetism IV
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In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners observe as two parallel, current-carrying wires exert forces on each other.
Bright Lights
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In this activity about electricity, learners imagine that they are out in the wilderness and it is getting dark. Their task is to use the materials supplied to build a simple flashlight.
Static Cling
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In this activity, learners investigate static electricity using everyday objects at four different stations.
Charge and Carry
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In this activity about electricity, learners produce a spark that they can feel, see, and hear. Learners rub a Styrofoam plate with wool to give it an electric charge.
Jumping Beans
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In this physics activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore the concept of static electricity.
Electromagnetic Dancer: Connect Her Up and Watch Her Dance!
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In this activity, learners use a nail and magnet wire to build an electromagnet, which controls the movements of a paper dancer.
Circles of Magnetism I
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In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners create a magnetic field that's stronger than the Earth's magnetic field.
Electricity: Fruit Batteries
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In this activity, learners create a battery from fruit. This activity helps learners explore electricity, electrochemistry, and series circuits as well as the process of scientific inquiry.
Carrying Charges: Testing for Conductivity
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Learners are challenged to create solutions that conduct electricity and make a buzzer buzz (or an LED light up).