How Do Wetlands Filter Water? See for Yourself
Wetlands don’t necessarily look like the cleanest places. The water can look mucky with mud, plants and debris. Stuff is floating in...
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- Oct 24
- 3 min
Get Into Halloween Spirit With Dry Ice Activities
Dry ice activities are a fun way to demonstrate scientific principles during this spooky season! People use the substance during...
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Try It Yourself: Get a Good Look at Mushroom Spores
Fall is a good time to find mushrooms, so let’s take a closer look at this well-known type of fungus. We can see mushrooms above the...
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Can You Reverse a Rainbow? Try for Yourself
Whether a Pink Floyd fan or not, many people are familiar with the image of white light flowing into a prism and dispersing the colors of...
- Jul 13
- 2 min
An Activity for a Breezy Day: Make an Anemometer
An anemometer is a scientific tool used to measure wind speed. Wind plays an important role in many natural habitats. Some plants,...
- Jun 13
- 1 min
Bring Drawings To Life With Dry-Erase Marker Trick
This fun experiment lets you lift your drawings off the bottom of a dish and watch them float around. Dry-erase markers have a special...
- May 12
- 2 min
Make Cereal Dance Using Static Electricity
Static electricity is everywhere, in wild hair that sticks to brushes and electric shocks when you touch a doorknob. It even manifests as...
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Send Balls and More Flying With Homemade Catapult
Why not go have some fun with a basic tool that’s all around us — levers. Levers help us do work. They let us transport stuff that might...
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Put energy in motion with this easy experiment
Popsicle sticks aren’t just for summer treats. You can also use them to demonstrate kinetic energy and potential energy. When you weave...
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Make Ice in a Hurry With This Simple Trick
Need ice but can’t wait for your freezer to freeze it for you? Speed the process along with this clever and easy trick. Gather your...
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Get Outside and Decorate Your Yard With Nature
After the flowers fade and trees drop their leaves, many people use colorful lights and decorations to add festivity to their yards. You...
- Jan 6
- 1 min
A Snowman With No Snow? Try This Quick Experiment
What better way to spend a snowy winter day than building a snowman. But what if there's no snow? You don't need snow to make these...
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
Hot and Cold: Learn the Science of Thermometers
Brr! It's cold. How cold? We will need a thermometer to know. Learn how thermometers work and make a simple thermometer of your own with...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
Let Fall Leaves Inspire Fun and Easy Seasonal Crafts
Autumn is here! Leaves are changing colors and falling to the ground. Why not gather some and make some fun fall crafts? Remember that it...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Learn How Birds Soar With This Easy Experiment
Do you ever wonder how magnificently large birds can soar through the sky without constantly flapping their wings? Or have you observed...
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
What's Crawling on Your Trees? It's Easy to Find Out
It is so much fun discovering the world around you! There is so much to explore, and there are especially many, many bugs to observe,...
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Science in Action: Let's Have Fun With Water
Water has many important properties. One is cohesion, which is water’s ability to stick to itself. This bonding of water molecules is...
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
These Kid-Friendly Fireworks Explode in a Jar
Summer is the season for fireworks! Let’s mimic the fireworks you see in the air using materials from home to make a safer version in a...
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
Make Your Own Bubbles and Have Some Fun
Springtime is the perfect time to go outside and blow some bubbles. And with a basic understanding of science, you can have incredible...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Turn Old Books Into Journals for a Creativity Outlet
Do you have old books lying around? Are you looking to declutter? If it is a good book you just don’t want anymore, there are many places...
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