Science Activities

Tinker with the video sensing blocks in Scratch to create animations that respond to actions in the physical world.

Give a light source the raspberry and watch it wiggle.

Soap bubbles float on a cushion of carbon dioxide gas.

Create giant bubbles!

Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light.

Use your cell phone to explore the mini-scopic world.

Use soap film to model a cell membrane.

Balance a checkbook using the physics method.

Rube Goldberg-inspired cause and effect contraptions using everyday materials and found objects.

See the expansiveness of cause-and-effect, and how to make experiences like these at home.

Store up an electric charge, then make sparks.