Activities
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the law of reflection by tracing the path that light travels, and designing a periscope to demonstrate understanding.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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Students will identify that the human brain uses many sources of information to understand and react to the surroundings.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the nature of light, make predictions about and assess its ability to pass through various substances.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore similarities and differences among liquids helps to build foundational ideas of matter and molecular structure.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will make their own weather station consisting of actual and simplified versions of real weather equipment.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will be able to describe the water cycle by creating and observing a model.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will experiment with ice and water and evaluate how both can carry materials and change the formation of Earth's surface.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will model the weathering of rocks by shaking sugar cubes in a container.
- K–5
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will analyze different types of soil.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about Earth's four major systems: geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the elements in the periodic table and how to interpret the information for each element.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will help solve a "crime" by attempting to match fingerprints from their classmates to the scene of a (fictional) crime.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will use a glass jar, water, milk, and a flashlight to explain why the sky is blue.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will investigate how tasty fruits help some plants survive.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will investigate the motion of wind-up toys.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will build a device that can carry a small ball from the top of a two-meter zip line to the bottom in less than six seconds.
- K–5