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Science Activities

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

Science activity that demonstrates photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Floatation

Show that gas is produced during photosynthesis.

Science activity that investigates perception of reflections
Mirrorly a Window

What you see is often affected by what you expect to see.

Aerodynamics

How does drafting help a cyclist? What is skin friction?

Science activity demonstrating one of your visual system’s many idiosyncrasies
Shrinking Spot

Control the (apparent) size of a hole with your brain.

Science activity that demonstrates proprioception
Proprioception

We know where our bodies are even with our eyes closed.

Science activity that demonstrates photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Floatation

Show that gas is produced during photosynthesis.

Candy-o-Matic
Candy-o-Matic

Find out how different kinds of candy are made in the Candy-o-matic!

Science activity that explores frequencies, forced vibrations, and resonance
Spaghetti Resonance

Demonstrate resonance by shaking dried spaghetti.

Science activity that explores the relationship between the temperature and volume of a given amount of gas
Sizing Up Temperature

Discover the relationship between temperature and volume of a given amount of gas.

Science activity to change the measured weight of an object without touching it
Electromagnetic Antigravity

Change the measured weight of an object—without touching it.

Shadow Remix
Science activity that demonstrates an image produced by a parabolic mirror
Parabolas

It’s all done with mirrors.

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