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Bearings for Your Whirligig
Science Museum of MinnesotaAdd to list DetailsExperiment with friction and make bearings for a whirligig! This activity is a nice introduction to friction and bearings and demonstrates why bearings are useful for spinning. A related video show...
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...
Roller Ball Painting
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsThis is an activity in which learners explore the effects of gravity, motion and momentum while creating art. By rolling a golf ball in paint, placing construction paper in a tray, tilting the tray...
Magnus Glider
Science Museum of MinnesotaAdd to list DetailsA design challenge that takes paper airplanes into an entirely different direction: a magnus glider uses cups and and rubber bands to create a glider that uses the same forces that a curveball ...
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...
Kinetic Sculpture
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this design challenge activity, learners build a tower that’s at least 12 inches high with two or more parts that move (spin, sway, or flap) in the wind. This art meets construction activity...
Vector Toy
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsWalk a toy to the edge of its doom, maybe it'll fall off the edge of a table, but it will safely stop right before falling. You can use an off-the-shelf toy or any toy that can slide with some...
Jumping Beans
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this physics activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore the concept of static electricity. They will discover how electrical charges created by friction can affect small objects as they...
Roving on the Moon
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room. Learners follow the engineering design process to design and build a rover out of...
Hovercraft Racers!
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at BoulderAdd to list DetailsLearners build a simple hovercraft using air from a balloon to levitate a craft made from a compact disc (CD). They learn that a bed of air under an object significantly reduces the friction as it...