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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 demonstrating the physics of bubbles

Bubble Tray

Create giant bubbles!

Science activity that demonstrates distances with a composite reflection

Your Father's Nose

Sometimes, you’re your partner’s splitting image.

Science activity using light projected through a drop of water to reveal an abundance of tiny organisms

Plankton Projector

Light projected through a drop of water reveals an abundance of life.

Science activity that demonstrates charge in a battery

Hand Battery

Use your skin and different metals to create a battery.

Cookie Subduction

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

Science activity that demonstrates photosynthesis

Photosynthetic Floatation

Show that gas is produced during photosynthesis.

Since 1906

The 1906 earthquake jolted geologists into focusing on how and why faults break loose.

Science activity that demonstrates perception of additive color mixtures

Colored Shadows

Not all shadows are black.

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.

Sound Uncovered App

Explore the surprising side of sound

Circuit Boards

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.

Science activity that demonstrates angular momentum

Momentum Machine

Speed up your spin.

Science Activities

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