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Ready to Observe: Enhance Your Telescope Experience
Astronomical Society of the PacificAdd to list DetailsThis fun hands-on astronomy activity uses a variety of simple props to help learners understand why they see what they see in a telescope. They will learn about how the eye works, how to use the...
Regolith Formation
NASAAdd to list DetailsIn this three-part activity, learners use food to determine the effects of wind, sandblasting and water on regolith (dust) formation and deposition on Earth. Then, learners simulate regolith...
Determining the Amount of Transpiration from a Schoolyard Tree
National Health MuseumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners calculate the number of milliliters of water a nearby tree transpires per day. First, teams of learners go outdoors to collect five leaves from a mulberry or cottonwood...
Shake a Shrub
Association of Zoos and AquariumsAdd to list DetailsThis is an activity where learners will discover what types and how many insects live in their own backyard. Learners will shake a shrub and note how many insects fall out, discovering many...
Rubber Band Racer
Community Science Workshop NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners construct speedy vehicles made out of paper plates and powered by twisted rubber bands. This toy is an excellent demonstration of potential and kinetic energy and how...
Powdery Mildew Fungi: Classification and Ecology
APSnetAdd to list DetailsIn this laboratory exercise, learners will discover how many different plant hosts they can find that are infected by the same genus of a powdery mildew fungus, or how many different genera of...
Observing Earthworm Locomotion
The Nuffield FoundationAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners collect worms and then observe how they move. If learners have never heard the noise a worm makes when it moves on a piece of paper, a surprising new experience awaits...