Make A Wire Critter That Can Walk On Water
Learn how insects have inspired engineers and design your own water-walking critter using thin wire and your knowledge of surface tension.
Design And Build A Zip Line Zoo
In this activity from Bedtime Math, you’ll build a stuffed-animal zip line and practice measuring time, distance, and angles.
Make a Model of a Home Made From Shipping Containers
Watch an interview with a couple who built a home from shipping containers. Then, design and construct a scale model of a unique shipping container home using printed templates, and estimate the cost of flooring and paint based on model dimensions.
Use Clues to Solve an Ice Mystery
Use the physical characteristics of ice to determine where and how several mystery samples could have been frozen.
Test the Finger Wrinkle Hypothesis
Perform an experiment to determine whether smooth or wrinkled fingers are better at holding wet objects. The experiment requires only a water bottle, paperclip, and plastic ruler.
Downloads: Video, student data sheet, illustrated instructions
See The World Through Color-Filtering Lenses
Explore color by creating color-filtering glasses using paper and tinted cellophane.
Discover DNA By Making Colorful Chromosomes
Discover how human physical traits are determined by specific segments of genes, then build a simplified model of a pair of chromosomes.
Delicious Smelling Chemistry
Use household materials to investigate and explore your ability to smell an odor, then compare and contrast results to determine if some individuals have a better sense of smell than others. Observe the Maillard reaction and how different odor molecules are released into the air.
Learn how to cultivate moss in a terrarium
Learn about the biological needs and lifecycle of mosses by cultivating and maintaining your own moss terrarium.
Fun With Optics: Can You Explain How A Telescope Works?
Use simple materials to explore the properties of reflection and refraction as you discover how optics work in telescopes.