Search Results

In this activity, learners follow simple historical maritime recipes to cook up hardtack and swanky, and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make butter from scratch. One optional tips includes adding marbles to speed up the process.

After learning that some of the chemicals we add to food crops may have harmful consequences on our health and the health of the environment, learners will create a pocket-sized card with their favori

No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

In this activity, learners make a solar oven. Learners witness the awesome power of the sun to make a yummy treat--a chocolate chip cookie!

In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners mimic the process for making bricks. Learners shape and bake creations from a dough that is made from flour, salt, and water.

In this activity, learners make self-assembled polymer spheres.

In this electrochemistry activity, young learners and adult helpers create a battery from a potato to run a clock.

Where rainwater goes after the rain stops? And why there are rivers and lakes in some parts of the land but not in others?

In this dynamic activity, learners build a catapult that launches projectiles, such as marshmallows.

In this activity, learners use chemistry to “self-assemble” gummy shapes. Learners discover that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

In this activity, learners explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature.

Learners explore soybeans, soak them in water to remove their coat, and then split them open to look inside. They also make a musical shaker out of paper cups, a cardboard tube, and soybeans.

In this activity on page 2 of the PDF, learners test different materials to find out which is the best insulator.

This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

In this activity, learners explore atoms as the smallest building blocks of matter. With adult help, learners start by dividing play dough in half, over and over again.