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3-2-1 POP!
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this physics activity, learners build their own rockets out of film canisters and construction paper. Learners discover how a chemical reaction (from a mix of water and Alka-Seltzer) creates gas...
"Boyle-ing" Water
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore Boyle's Law and discover that water will boil at room temperature if its pressure is lowered. Learners conduct an experiment using a plastic syringe and...
Egg-stra Strength
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this physics activity, learners will investigate the strength of egg shells. They will attempt to stack books on top of inverted half egg shells to see how many they can hold, and the results...
Marshmallow Puff Tube
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this demonstration/activity, learners observe as a regular size marshmallow is blown through a tube made from a manila file folder. The result is spectacular, and the process provides a great...
Forces on the Human Molecule
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this physical activity, two lines of learners link hands and arms to model a beam subject to various loading schemes. They discover how inter-atomic forces react to the five fundamental load...
Perching Parrot
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at BoulderAdd to list DetailsLearners explore the concepts of equilibrium and center of mass by seeing how non-symmetrical objects balance. They balance a paper parrot cut-out on a wire coat hanger and find that their parrot...
Newton's in the Driver's Seat
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this playful physics activity (page eight of the pdf), learners use toy cars to explore how speed and weight affect the results of collision. Designed as a pre- or post-visit lesson in...
Air Pressure and Dent Pullers
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment. In this modern, low cost version, a pair of learners try to pull apart two suction cups (dent...
An Object in Motion
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this physics activity (page nine of the pdf), learners use balloons to explore how a rocket works. It is suggested they also work to see how they can alter the velocity of the rocket. Designed...
Twist & Shout
American Physical SocietyAdd to list DetailsLearners examine what happens when a tube spins in two directions at once. They push on a cardboard tube causing it to spin along its length while at the same time turning from end-to-end. Markings...