Activities for Grades K-2
Soil exploration
Explore local soil types with sieves, magnifying lenses, and microscopes. Also - fossils!
Erosion landscapes
Build a landscape and witness the power of water erosion.
Air art
Paint monsters with your breath.
Zipline zeppelins
Design a balloon zeppelin and send it zipping across the room.
Boat design
Learn about buoyancy and what makes a boat float. Build boats from clay or aluminum foil and see how much weight they can carry.
Marker chromatography
Separate the different color inks out of a single-color marker.
Simple circuits
Build electrical circuits to light a bulb and test the conductivity of different materials.
Penny batteries
Build a working battery from pennies, washers and lemon juice!
Wind turbines
Build a working wind turbine and see how much power you can make. Change the number of blades or the tilt angle and see how it effects the power output.
Air rockets/planes
Design, build, and launch pneumatic rockets or airplanes. See how your design flies! Take it back to the bench and tweak it until it flies how you want it to.
Static shock!
Build a Leydon jar and charge it up to make your own lightning! Or use it for a portable static shock delivery system.
Static levitation
Use static electricity to "magically" float a plastic ring or ghostly apparition.
Explore local soil types with sieves, magnifying lenses, and microscopes. Also - fossils!
Erosion landscapes
Build a landscape and witness the power of water erosion.
Air art
Paint monsters with your breath.
Zipline zeppelins
Design a balloon zeppelin and send it zipping across the room.
Boat design
Learn about buoyancy and what makes a boat float. Build boats from clay or aluminum foil and see how much weight they can carry.
Marker chromatography
Separate the different color inks out of a single-color marker.
Simple circuits
Build electrical circuits to light a bulb and test the conductivity of different materials.
Penny batteries
Build a working battery from pennies, washers and lemon juice!
Wind turbines
Build a working wind turbine and see how much power you can make. Change the number of blades or the tilt angle and see how it effects the power output.
Air rockets/planes
Design, build, and launch pneumatic rockets or airplanes. See how your design flies! Take it back to the bench and tweak it until it flies how you want it to.
Static shock!
Build a Leydon jar and charge it up to make your own lightning! Or use it for a portable static shock delivery system.
Static levitation
Use static electricity to "magically" float a plastic ring or ghostly apparition.