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Free-Fall Bottles & Tubes
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this physics activity, learners conduct two experiments to explore free-falling. In the first experiment, water-filled plastic bottles with holes in them spurt water under normal conditions, but...
Magnetic Pendulums
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity and demonstration about electricity and magnetism, learners observe how the current generated when one copper coil swings through a magnetic field starts a second coil swinging....
Mirrorly a Window
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity about light and reflection, learners discover that what you see is often affected by what you expect to see. Learners hold on to a device consisting of two mirrors glued back to...
Touch the Spring (Lightbulb)
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, a lightbulb is placed in front of a concave mirror. The actual lightbulb is not visible to the viewer, but the viewer can see the mirror image of the lightbulb formed in space....
Drawing Board
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsThe Drawing Board consists of a marking pen that remains stationary and a platform that swings beneath the pen, acting as a pendulum. As the platform swings, the pen marks a sheet of paper that is...
Your Father's Nose
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this fun optics activity, learners explore principles of light, reflection (mirrors), and perception. Learners work in pairs and sit on opposite sides of a "two-way" mirror. Both...
Clay Beams and Columns
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn 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. keep things the same shape but change the...
Bottle Blast Off
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsWith little more than a plastic bottle, some vinyl tubing, and a length of PVC pipe, make a rocket and a rocket launcher and investigate how rockets fly. For planning purposes, each learner will...