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Universal Indicator Rainbow Trout
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In this activity on page 2 of the PDF, learners discover how color changes can help scientists distinguish between acids and bases.
Exploring Materials: Thin Films
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In this activity, learners create a colorful bookmark using a super thin layer of nail polish on water. Learners discover that a thin film creates iridescent, rainbow colors.
Bleeding Paper
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners discover how science and Halloween are fun companions as they make paper bleed.
Invent an Animal
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners explore how animals adapt for survival through coloration, markings and camouflage.
Parabola Basketball
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.
Homemade Bath Fizzies
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In this activity, learners make their own bath bomb fizzies and experience what happens when they mix a base and an acid.
Lego Mania
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In this activity, learners will put together towers using building bricks, then take the tower apart and challenge themselves to use the same bricks used to build a bridge.
Marble Drop Game
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Build your own version of a favorite carnival game, in which a marble races down a maze consisting of rows of nails.
Clay Beams and Columns
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In this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e.
Metallophone
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing an instrument using some metal pipes, rubber bands, and a baseboard.
Fossil Dig Site
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In this activity (located on page 5 of PDF), learners work in groups to create dig sites for display.
Bird Feeder
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In this outdoor activity, learners construct bird feeders and set them up at to investigate bird behavior for one or two weeks. Multiple feeder designs are suggested.
Invent a Plant
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In this activity, learners construct models of plants that are adapted to living under specific environmental conditions.
Wind Works!
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Learners will build and experiment with their own windmills made from simple household materials.
Geometry and Spatial Relations: Tessellations WOW!
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In this math lesson, learners explore tessellations through literature, music, writing, and art activities.
Plenty on the Plains
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In this activity, learners compare the ways of life of Plains Native Americans who hunted and moved frequently to follow the buffalo herds, and Native Americans who farmed and lived in more permanent
Polarized Light Mosaic
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In this activity, learners use transparent tape and polarizing material to create and project beautifully colored patterns reminiscent of abstract or geometric stained glass windows--no glass required
Measurement: Sand Babies
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In this math lesson, learners explore and investigate measurement using standard and non-standard units.
Paper Mache Dinosaurs
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In this activity (located on page 6 of PDF), learners observe and reproduce the distinctive physical features (i.e. plates, sharp spikes, long necks, deep jaws, claws) of their favorite dinosaurs.
Paint a Fresco
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners experiment with the interesting designs that can be made by painting on plaster.