Falling for Gravity   NEW!

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Geyser Riser   NEW!

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Your group will watch various objects fall from the same height to see if they reach the ground at the same time. Then, they will roll marbles down an inclined plane to see if they get similar results.

In this experiment, your group will create pressure in a bottle to reenact one of the special conditions under which a geyser erupts.

Make a Mission   

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Cool Idea   

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In this online activity, your kids will have to figure out how to pack for a trip when the destination is Mercury. Every square inch and dollar count when it comes to the MESSENGER Mission to Mercury!

Ever wonder why salt is so effective on snowy roads and sidewalks? (It’s not really that the salt melts the ice.) Learn what happens to water and ice when a little salt gets thrown into the mix.

Balancing Points    

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Gravity Launch    

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Balance is a fun concept to play with. By constructing models, your group will learn that putting heavier objects closer to the center and lighter objects farther from the center is one way to find a balance.

There are a lot of challenges with space flight. One is simply getting the rocket off the ground. Your kids will play a computer game that demonstrates two of the forces involved, thrust and gravity, in action.

Marble Mania    

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A Touch of Class    

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Introduce kids to probability and chance with a fun interactive. By flipping coins and pulling marbles out of a virtual bag, students begin to develop a basic understanding of how probabilities are determined.

Scientists classify organisms in many ways. Kids will come up with their own classification schemes, and then use an online interactive to choose plants and animals that fit into different categories.

All Systems Go!

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By the Light of the Moon

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Through this online interactive activity, kids learn about the concept of separate body parts working together to build a body system. Take your kids on an adventure inside the human body!

The moon looks a little different each night, ranging from not there at all to full. Your group will act out how the sun illuminates the moon as it orbits Earth, to see how the moon moves through its phases.

Dances with Bees

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Fun with Forces

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Honeybees communicate with “dances” to tell other bees where to find nectar and pollen. Your group will reenact a couple of these dances to learn about bees and how they communicate with each other.

Almost any place can become a “lab” for exploring forces. Your group is going to experiment with the forces of going around a curve really fast and of swinging in an object in a bucket overhead.