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Science activities for teachers and students

Learn the principles and properties of air and space, Earth science, electricity, liquids, and energy by using hands-on science experiments and online games. Teachers, parents, or other mentors can guide students age 10 and up in these activities suitable for the classroom or the home.

Air and Space

Make a Parachute 

Make a parachute

A handkerchief or bandanna and some string are all you need to see how a parachute creates friction to slow the descent of a falling object.

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Air and Space

 
Energy

Build a Better Battery 

Build a Better Battery

Make your fruit battery even stronger by experimenting with different electrodes and different fruits. What works best?

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Energy
Earth Science

CO2Absorption 

Cabbage water

Raid your kitchen or go to the store for a purple cabbage. You can use the vegetable to demonstrate how water can absorb and store CO2.

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Earth Science
Electricity and Magnetism

Magnetic Relaxation 

Magnetic Relaxation

Learn how to magnetize and demagnetize objects in this two-part activity. Part one shows you how to build an electromagnet, while in part two you observe it lose its power.

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Electricity and Magneticism

Properties of Liquids

Buoyancy Explorer 

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Drop blocks of different solids into various liquids to see what floats and what sinks in this virtual experiment.

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Properties of Liquids