Science 911
So you really want to know – did dinosaurs really roam the earth in what is now Kansas? What the heck is a quark? Just >>>
Physics
DIY Kites
Kites are a welcome outdoor project after being cooped up inside all winter, right? In fact, they’re the perfect celebration of the end of winter. Students study and create their kites indoors, and then you just wait for the ideal weather to take them out for testing. For the younger students, try a quick and easy Paper Bag Kite. Older students can tackle the Tetrahedral Kite, which can be scaled for a large or small format creation.
Altering Climate in the Classroom
If it rains in, you close the window. But what if your room is too hot or cold? Get students involved in trying to moderate temperature extremes based on their level of competence and how you can integrate the project into existing weather or science lessons.
Speed of Sound
Parents can help their students with this exercise using readily available items to figure the rough speed of sound. Incorporate this into your regular lessons on sound.
Water Displacement
Students will use critical thinking skills to formulate a hypothesis.
Cause & Effect With Eggs
Overview: To show examples of cause and effect and encourage students to recognize the process around them. Resources: Teacher: one hardboiled egg; one raw egg; >>>
Field Trips and Simple Physics
You can turn a bus ride into a physics experiment that will even have your fellow teachers scratching their heads. Everyone knows that a weight >>>
Magneto-hydrodynamic Drives
The objective of this lesson and demonstration is to get the students to see how electric and magnetic fields can be used to force water out of a chamber in order to propel a vehicle such as a submarine.
Glop Gloop: Gooey fun in time for Fall
Yes, it’s Fall and Halloween will be here before you know it. Reader Linda Patton shares these recipes for physics-defying goop your students can make, play with and learn from.