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Exploring Materials: Thin Films
NISE NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners create a colorful bookmark using a super thin layer of nail polish on water. Learners discover that a thin film creates iridescent, rainbow colors. This is a very fun and...
Bubbularium: See the Colors in Bubbles
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsWith little more than a flashlight, a straw, and a plastic lid, make an observatory so you can see the amazing colors in bubbles. Learn about how light travels in waves and how the frequency of a...
Tie Dye Painting
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsThis is an activity exploring color and color mixing. Learners use an eyedropper to place dots of thinned tempera paint onto a super-absorbent paper towel, noting how the colors spread out from the...
On the Fringe (formerly Bridge Light)
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners trap a thin layer of air between two pieces of Plexiglas to produce rainbow-colored interference patterns. Learners bend, twist, or press on the plates to observe...
Phantom Phlame
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this trick, hold your hand over a burning candle without getting burned, by reflecting and transmitting the light of two candles. This activity is best suited as a demonstration.
Pringles Pinhole Camera
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsAn ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens. This activity provides instructions for recycling a potato chip can to make your own...
Pearlescent Pigments
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsThis is written as a display, but can easily be adapted to a hands-on activity. Learners observe and shake containers of shiny liquids. Inside the containers are mixtures of water and some small...
Pinhole Viewer
Science FridayAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways. By building their own pinhole viewers, learners make observations about the...
Film Canister Farming
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this hands-on botany activity, learners sprout vegetables in film canisters. Learners grow nine seeds each of cabbage, radish, and parsley, experimenting with changing one variable (light, water...
Up Periscope!
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsThis activity provides instructions for building a mirrored tube--a smaller and simpler version of a submarine's periscope--that lets you see around corners and over walls. Get a hands-on...