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Blast Off!
WGBHAdd to list DetailsStudents design and create their own air-powered rockets, in this hands-on activity. Learners will develop a better understanding of physics related concepts, specifically those related to momentum...
What Gives?
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners design, build and test a model suspension bridge for sturdiness and strength. Participants explore how parts of the bridge, such as the deck, hangers, cables, towers and...
High Rise
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this design challenge activity, learners build a tower that can support a tennis ball at least 18 inches off the ground while withstanding the wind from a fan. Learners will build a sturdy frame...
Flower Engineers
University of Nebraska State MuseumAdd to list DetailsThis activity (on pages 24-29) combines science and art to introduce learners to how different animal pollinators spread pollen from one plant to another, and how certain shapes, colors, and smells...
Vanishing Craters
University of Nebraska State MuseumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (on pages 12-15), learners make a crater model and test the effects of weather (rain) on its surface. This activity helps learners understand how Earth's crust is constantly...
Rain Forest in Your Room
University of Nebraska State MuseumAdd to list DetailsThis activity (on pages 19-24) introduces learners to the rain forest's layers—emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor—and has learners make paper lianas (vines that live attached to...
Target Practice
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this dynamic activity, learners build a catapult that launches projectiles, such as marshmallows. Participants then design and build their own models using the steps of the design process to...
Exploring Forces: Static Electricity
NISE NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners investigate what happens when you build up static electricity on plastic balls. Learners discover that electrostatic forces cause smaller balls to suspend in a tube,...
Tracking Otters
University of Nebraska State MuseumAdd to list DetailsThis activity (on pages 38-43) has learners simulate the way scientists track and map the movement of otters in the wild using radio trackers. One learner plays the role of Sea Otter, and other...
Drain Game
University of Nebraska State MuseumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (on pages 36-39), learners make a model of a watershed out of paper, then run water down the mountain to simulate how rainfall and pollution affect watersheds. Learners are...