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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 to explore underwater color perception
Deep Blue

Submerge yourself in underwater color perception.

Science activity that explores the relationship between filament and flashlight bulb
Sensitive Filament

Use your breath to make a visible change in an electric circuit.

Science activity that infuses vegetables with a tasty brine—instantly—using a syringe
Flash Pickling

Take the pressure off pickling.

Science activity that demonstrates lateral inhibition in visual perception
Lateral Inhibition

Which is in control, your eyes or your brain?

Skateboarding Glossary
Skateboarding Glossary

anatomy of a skateboard, skateboard tricks, types of skateboarding, physics glossary.

Science activity that uses gelatin to demonstrate behavior of filters and lenses
Laser Jello

Gelatin can do much more than just wiggle and jiggle.

Science activity that demontrates the movement of a fluid undergoing convection
Convection Detection

Create a convection cell inside a CD case.

Science activity that demonstrates light interference in soap
Soap Film on a Can

Why do we see colors in soap bubbles?

Science activity that transmits sounds through your body instead of the air
Radiohead

Listen to the radio in an unconventional way.

Ice and Sediment Cores
Ice and Sediment Cores

Scientists dig under the surface for clues to past climate

Science activity that demonstrates depth perception
Size and Distance

So close, yet so far away.

Science activity that demonstrates light interference in soap
Soap Film on a Can

Why do we see colors in soap bubbles?

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