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Hungry for fresh, exciting science activities based in amazing phenomena? Science Snacks are hands-on, teacher-tested, and use cheap, available materials.

Science activity demonstrating static electricity

Electrical Fleas

Start your own electric flea circus.

Science activity to play music by wrapping a string around your head

Head Harp

Wrap a string around your head and pluck to play music.

Science activity that demonstrates Bernoulli’s principle by blowing between two empty cans

Uncanny Motion

Blowing between cans makes them roll in mind-blowing ways.

Afterimage

A flash of light leaves a lingering image.

Science activity that demonstrates photosynthesis

Photosynthetic Floatation

Show that gas is produced during photosynthesis.

Science activity that demonstrates how clouds form

Fog Chamber

Create clouds in a bottle by rapidly expanding the air.

Pictures in a Box

Look closely at a TV and a newspaper and you’ll notice they are made up of lots of tiny dots

Science activity demonstrating light polarization and stress patterns

Bone Stress

Polarized light reveals stress patterns in clear plastic.

Science activity that demonstrates electrostatics

Remote-Control Roller

Wield electrons and protons to roll cans.

A science activity that demonstrates the two-slit interference phenomenon

Two-Slit Wave Model

Use index cards to show how light plus light equals dark.

Science activity that demonstrates how light travels through a pinhole viewer

Poking Fun at Light Rays

Discover a straight path to enlightenment.

Center of Gravity

Balance a checkbook using the physics method.

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