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What's So Special about Water: Surface Tension
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In this three-part activity, learners play a game and conduct two simple experiments to explore water and surface tension. Learners will have fun discovering how water "sticks" together.
What Does Spit Do?
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Some animals can swallow food whole, but humans have to chew. In this activity, learners will investigate what saliva does chemically to food before we even swallow.
Color-Changing Carnations
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Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.
Edible Ink
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In this chemistry activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners observe a chemical change. Learners write and reveal a secret message using edible ink.
How Sweet It Is
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In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners use their sense of smell to rate and arrange containers filled with different dilutions of a scent (like cologne or fruit juice) in order from wea
Heavy Metal
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In this activity (on pages 25-31 of PDF), learners soak sponges with different amounts of plaster of paris to simulate different levels of calcification in bone formation.
Shrinking Cups
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This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Gecko Feet Activity) about the forces of gravity and surface tension and how their behavior is influenced by size.
Bone Basics
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This is an activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Bone Regrowth Activity) about the two main components of bone - collagen and minerals (like calcium) - and how they each contribute to its flexibility a
Drops on a Penny
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In this activity, challenge learners to predict and investigate how many water drops they can fit on one penny.
Number of Mentos vs. Height: Soda Geyser Series #5
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how many Mentos are needed to make the tallest possible soda geyser.
Have Your DNA and Eat It Too
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In this activity, learners build edible models of DNA, while learning basic DNA structure and the rules of base pairing.
Soda Brand vs. Height Experiment: Soda Geyser Series #4
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine which brand of soda makes the best (highest) soda geyser.
Sugar/Salt Crystals
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In this chemistry activity (page 1 of the PDF), learners will observe a physical change.
Bendy Bones
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In this activity (on pages 19-24 of PDF), learners soak chicken bones or eggshells in vinegar for several days.
Cave in a Cup
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Cave Swallows Activity), learners will model how caves are formed by placing one piece of chalk in a cup of vinegar and another piece in a cup of water, then
Exploring Properties: Surface Area
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This hands-on activity demonstrates how a material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized.
Pickle Lab
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In this online activity, learners experience the thrill of pickle making, and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.
Shape Up!
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In this activity (pages 8-9), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.
Salt Crystal Garden
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In this activity, learners will explore saturated solutions and discover how crystals form.
Red, White and Blue II Demonstration
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In this chemistry demonstration, learners investigate the rule "likes dissolve likes" by combining three, immiscible liquids to create a colorful density column.