Activities
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In this activity, students experiment with sand and hair dryers to observe how wind, sand, and barriers interact to form sand dunes.
- K–5
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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
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In this activity, students will use a ramp to launch a car and reach a finish line.
- 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
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In this activity, students will investigate different ways to move a ball.
- 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 learn about the stars, planets, and Moon found in our solar system and how they relate to one another.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore the structures within a leaf where the process of photosynthesis occurs.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will use a topographic map of their school grounds to identify geologic features using a printed map.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the value of using a scale model and the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will evaluate water ice balloons to reconstruct recent climate history by sorting different layers of evidence.
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In this activity, students will use shadows to demonstrate that Earth is moving, not the sun.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will create a simple model of Earth as a magnet.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will take on the role of organisms in various environments as they discover the concept of interdependence in ecosystems.
- K–5
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In this activity students will examine the relationships between the organisms within an ecosystem and how changes that affect one affect the others.
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In this activity, students carefully add drops of liquids to the surface of a penny to help them understand the concept of surface tension.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore light travel and how it is redirected with the use of mirrors.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore the relationship between angles of incident and reflected light and use this relationship to design and test their own periscopes in a classroom competition.
- K–5