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Ice Cream

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Ice Cream

The guiding questions for this activity are,“How does ice cream freeze and why does it melt?” In this activity, students make ice cream which is a...

Maracas

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Maracas

The guiding questions for this activity are,“How is sound produced and can you make an instrument that produces sound?” Make sample maracas for th...

Pinwheels

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Pinwheels

The guiding question for this activity is,”What causes the pinwheel to spin?” In this activity, students decorate and put together pinwheels and w...

Air Cannon

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Air Cannon

The guiding question for this activity is,“How can air be used to move something?” Large air cannons can be made or purchased for students to expe...

Bear-y Hot S’Mores

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Bear-y Hot S’Mores

The guiding question for this activity is,“How does energy cook food?” Students use heat lamps to cook their s’mores. The science behind the act...

Bug Buzzers

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Bug Buzzers

The guiding questions for this activity are,“How do vibrations cause sound and how can you change the pitch of the sound?" Sound is a wave produced ...

Dino Discovery

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Dino Discovery

The guiding question in this activity is,“How do fossils form?” Fossils are remains and traces of plants and animals that lived long ago. In this ...

Face Magnets

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Face Magnets

The guiding questions in this activity are,“How do magnets interact with other objects and how can magnetism make iron filings move?” In this acti...

Lava Lamps

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Lava Lamps

The guiding questions in this activity are,“How can density be used to separate fluids and what happens when fluids of different densities are mixed...

Parachutes

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Parachutes

The guiding questions in this activity are,“How does a parachute work and what design will make the parachute slow down the most?” The goal of thi...

Plant Dissection

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Plant Dissection

The guiding questions in this activity are,“What are the parts of a flower and what are the parts of a seed?” In this activity, students dissect c...

Roller Coaster Challenge

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Roller Coaster Challenge

The guiding question in this activity is,“How can you design a roller coaster track that keeps the marble moving from beginning to end, without it f...

Static Sensations

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Static Sensations

The guiding questions in this activity are,“What is static electricity and what causes static electricity?” A number of activities are used to exp...

Straw Rockets

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Straw Rockets

The guiding question for this activity is,“How can you design a straw rocket to go the farthest distance?” Encourage students to use the engineer...

Surface Tension

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Surface Tension

The guiding questions for this activity are,”How does surface tension affect movement in liquids and how many drops of water can a penny hold before...

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