NGSS Alignment: PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer | Exploratorium

Woman jumping from stairs.

Anti-Gravity Mirror

Learn how to fly with this neat mirror trick.

Science activity that explores how waves travel and interact

Anti-Sound Spring

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

Science activity to create a toy that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees

This simple toy sounds like a swarm of bees.

Science activity demonstrating color afterimage phenomenon

Stare at one color—but see another.

Science activity demonstrating the phenomenon of light scattering

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

Science activity demonstrating light polarization and stress patterns

Polarized light reveals stress patterns in clear plastic.

Science activity that demonstrates how some light sources flash on and off many times a second

Bronx-Cheer Bulb

Give a light source the raspberry and watch it wiggle.

Vibrant abstract art with fluid, brushstroke-like patterns in shades of rainbow colors.

Cat Whisker Interference

Capture colorful light interference patterns on paper.

Science activity investigating spectroscopy

CD Spectroscope

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light.

Science activity to convert your cell phone into a Miniscope

Cell Phone Miniscope

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

Science activity to build a musical instrument that uses vibrations

Coffee-Can Cuíca

Build a cuíca—a musical instrument—and play with vibrations.

Science activity that demonstrates color perception illusion

A colored object may look different against different-colored backgrounds.