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The Old White Sheet Trick: Light and Insect Behavior
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In this outdoor, nighttime activity, learners gather around a brightly lit, white surface and study the behavior of nocturnal animals attracted to the light, particularly night fliers.
See the Light
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Learners mix a solution of luminol with hydrogen peroxide to produce a reaction that gives off blue light.
First Impressions
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Learners experiment with a commercial photo-sensitive paper (Sunprint® or NaturePrint® paper). They place opaque and clear objects on the paper and expose it to bright light, observing the results.
Morphing Butterfly
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.
Globe at Night
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In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.
Exploring Structures: Butterfly
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In this activity, learners investigate how some butterfly wings get their color.
DIY Sunprints
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In this activity, learners will see how UV light affects colors over time by making their own sunprint on construction paper.
Sensory Hi-Lo Hunt
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In this outdoor activity, learners use only their senses to to find the extremes of several environmental variables or physical factors: wind, temperature, light, slope and moisture.
Constellation Detective
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In this quick activity, learners practice locating a constellation in a map of very dark skies.
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.
Diet Light
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In this quick activity, learners observe how the added sugar in a can of soda affects its density and thus, its ability to float in water.
Decomposition Column
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In this activity, learners turn empty 2-liter bottles into a see-through compost container.
Plants Around a Building
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.
Canned Heat
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In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.
Turbidity
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This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.