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Science activity that demonstrates Thomas Young's two-slit experiment

Two-Slit Experiment

Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.

Science activity that investigates waves

Make waves without getting wet.

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 demonstrates calculating the acceleration of gravity using simple materials

Falling for Gravity

“g,” that’s interesting! Investigating gravity.

Falling Feather

Prove to yourself that Galileo was right.

Science activity to investigate earlobes

Do your ears hang low—and what do textbooks know?

$Science activity that demonstrates diffraction using a candle or flashlight bulb and two pencils$

Demonstrate diffraction using a candle and two pencils.

Science activity investigating spectroscopy

CD Spectroscope

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light.

Science activity demonstrating the phenomenon of light scattering

Discover why the sky is blue and the sunset is red.

Science activity demonstrating angular momentum

Bicycle Wheel Gyro

A bicycle wheel acts like a giant gyroscope.

Science activity that demonstrates the chemistry of batteries

Aluminum-Air Battery

Construct a simple battery that can power a light.

Science activity that demonstrates the afterimage phenomenon

A flash of light leaves a lingering image.