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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 investigating electromagnetics and motors

Stripped-Down Motor

Make a simple mini-motor.

The Amazing Water Trick

Do hot water and cold water mix?

"Baseketball" A Physicist Party Trick

Science activity that demonstrates light polarization

Rotating Light

Polarized light passing through sugar water reveals beautiful colors.

Science activity that demontrates the movement of a fluid undergoing convection

Convection Detection

Create a convection cell inside a CD case.

Census of Marine Life

Exploring the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans

Science activity that explores the carbon cycle

Follow the Carbon

Model the carbon cycle and its principal reservoirs and flow rates using rice.

Stem Cells

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

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 demonstrations adaptation in the visual system

Squirming Palm

Make the palm of your hand appear to squirm and twist.

Bird Call Quiz

Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.

The Dirt on Dirt

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.