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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 models the structure of a virus

Viral Packaging

Fit nucleic acid and proteins into a small package.

A science activity exploring the law of conservation of mass

Wait, Weight, Don't Tell Me!

Have a gas with the conservation of mass.

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 that demonstrates color mixing with printer ink

Truly Primary Pigments

Make your own mix-n-match markers to produce a rainbow of colors.

Science activity that explores the carbon cycle

Follow the Carbon

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

Science activity that examines fluid pressure, force, mechanical work, and biomechanics

Hydraulic Arm

You’ll feel the pressure to do some heavy lifting.

Science activity demonstrating the Bernoulli principle

Bernoulli Levitator

Suspend an object in the air by blowing down on it.

Science activity that models the energy released in an earthquake

Pasta Quake

The energy released in earthquakes ranges over many orders of magnitude.

Science activity that investigates standing waves, nodes and antinodes.

String Machine

Discover waves you never node about.

Science activity that models light wave interference

Soap Film Interference Model

Model the behavior of light reflecting off soap film surfaces.

Earth and Moon

Create a scale model of the earth-moon system using different-sized spheres.

Science activity that uses electricity to break water into its elemental components

Having a Gas with Water

Use electricity to break water into its elemental components.