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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 experimenting with a frozen water balloon

Ice Balloons

Create and examine an ice balloon.

Science activity investigating spectroscopy

CD Spectroscope

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light.

Science activity that demonstrates electrostatics

Remote-Control Roller

Wield electrons and protons to roll cans.

Science activity that uses a pendulum and a marker to create beautiful designs

Drawing Board

A pendulum moving in two directions creates beautiful designs.

Science activity that explores how yogurt is made

Bacteria Culture Club

Make yogurt from yogurt.

Build an inclinometer, a tool that can measure the height of a distant object, no matter how far away it is

Height Sight

Find the height of a tree, paper rocket or North Star.

Science activity that uses a spectroscope to explore white light through leaf material

Leaf Filter

Even plants have their favorite colors.

Vocal Vowels

Hear vocal tract models transform the squawk of a duck call into vowel sounds.

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 to model how the arrangement of domains in a magnet affects its overall strength

Magnetic Chains

For magnets, strength isn’t necessarily in numbers.

Science activity that demonstrates the effects of ocean acidification

Shell Shifts

See why ocean acidification is giving some marine organisms shell shock.

Science activity that experiments with rocket designs and a PVC launcher

Bottle Blast Off

Ready for liftoff? Launch rockets with your own launcher!