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Domino Trains
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners practice matching and subitizing as they create the longest domino train possible.
Full of Hot Air: Hot Air Balloon Building
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners create a model of a hot air balloon using tissue paper and a hairdryer. Educators can use this activity to introduce learners to density and its role in why things float....
Good Vibrations
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners create a sound visualizer from common materials to help see the vibrations created by sound. Sounds from a tone generator make salt dance on a vibrating balloon membrane....
Air Cannon
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners create air cannons out of everyday materials. Learners use their air cannons to investigate air as a force and air pressure. The activity page includes a fun how-to video...
Speak to Me
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners will create a speaker using a paper cup, magnet, and enameled wire. Also included in this activity is a Mr. O video that explains how speakers work and how to make the...
This Spud’s for You
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsUse a homemade potato launcher to explore air pressure. This activity includes simple instructions on how to build a homemade propulsion pipe using pipe, a wooden dowel and duct tape. The activity...
Fuzzy Worms
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore the concepts of natural selection and observable traits in a game that can be played at home. Before starting, caregivers will cut 180 segments of different...
A Crayon Rock Cycle- Sedimentary
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsThis is part 1 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity. In this activity, learners explore how sedimentary rocks form. Learners shave different crayons onto a square of aluminum...
A Crayon Rock Cycle - Igneous
Children's Museum Of HoustonAdd to list DetailsThis is part 3 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity. Before starting this section, learners must have completed part 1: sedimentary rock and part 2: metamorphic rocks. In this...