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Science Buddies: Make Your Own Seismograph
A seismograph is a tool scientists use to record earthquakes and measure their strength. In this activity you will build your own seismograph using simple materials.
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Science Buddies: Make a Fire Snake
With a few simple ingredients, you can create a "fire snake" that appears to grow out of nowhere. Although it looks magical, no magic is involved-it is all because of a chemical reaction.
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Science Buddies: Bake Your Ice Cream
This activity will teach you how it is even possible to bake ice cream in a hot oven and have it come out frozen.
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Science Buddies: Program Your Own Covid 19 Simulator With Scratch
This activity uses the kid-friendly programming language Scratch to write a simulation that uses bouncing dots to represent healthy and sick people. The simulation will show how we can take measures to slow the spread of a transmissible...
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Science Buddies: A Sweet Earthquake Shake on Landfill
In this activity, you will build a sweet building on a homemade shake table and find out how an earthquake impacts buildings constructed in landfills.
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Science Buddies: Write and Read Braille
There is a special writing system for the visually impaired called braille. This activity will show you how to read with your fingers.
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Science Buddies: Make a Hygrometer to Measure Humidity
Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure the humidity level in the air.
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Science Buddies: Measure the Pressure
Scientists have developed an instrument called a barometer that can measure atmospheric pressure. In this activity, you will find out how a barometer works by building one yourself.
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Science Buddies: Measure Up With a Homemade Thermometer
In this activity, you will make a liquid thermometer to track how temperatures vary with location, indoors or outdoors.
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Science Buddies: Warm in the Sun
Do you think natural materials also heat up in the sun, or only man-made materials? Do this activity to find out.
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Science Buddies: Build the Best Paper Bridge
Find out what makes a bridge strong in this fun activity as you build simple bridges with paper and test to see how much weight they can hold.
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Science Buddies: Build a River Model!
In this activity, explore the distinct characteristics of a river by creating a river model inside a pan with sand, pebbles, and real water.
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Science Buddies: Build a Bottle Centrifuge
In this fun activity, you will build your own simple bottle centrifuge and test how it works.
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Science Buddies: Model How Herd Immunity Works
In this activity, you will find out how immunizations can limit the spread of an infectious disease up to a point where the whole population is protected through herd immunity.
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Science Buddies: Milk Curdling With Enzymes!
Do this activity to find out how to make milk curdle.
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Science Buddies: Explore Matchstick Rockets
If you have wondered how rockets are propelled forward or if you enjoy the excitement of launching a rocket, this is an activity for you. You will learn how to make tiny rockets from aluminum foil and matchsticks, and how to ignite them...
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Science Buddies: Model the Rock Cycle With Crayons
Use crayons to model the rock cycle in this fun activity! You will make colorful sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous "rocks" from crayon shavings.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Collaborative Projects: Bucket Buddies: Environmental Study
Bucket Buddies is an opportunity for students to participate in a world-wide environmental study. By identifying organisms in pond water, participating classes can compare their findings, and look for relationships in data. In addition...
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Science Buddies: How Do Roots Grow When the Direction of Gravity Changes?
To start this experiment, you should bring all of your materials together on a flat work surface. The surface might get a little wet, so have some paper towels handy.
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Science Buddies: How Fast Can You Get It Done?
Do you hate doing the dishes, folding laundry, or cleaning up your room? Do you wish you could figure out a way to get these tasks done faster? Figure out how as you take on the role of a production engineer in this fun activity!
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Science Buddies: Making Everyday Objects Out of Mushrooms: Environmentally Friendly Design
In this activity, you will use mushroom roots to grow a biodegradable material that can be molded into a product of your liking, like a flowerpot.
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Science Buddies: Scientific Method Variables/hypothesis
Find out what variables are in a scientific investigation and what the difference is between an independent, dependent, and controlled variable. Look at samples of different types of variables and find out what makes a good variable.
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Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train: River Run
Don and Buddy are going rafting down the river looking for bugs for Don's collection. Whoever collects the most bugs wins!
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Spectacled Langur
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, appearance, diet, and conservation status of the spectacled langur.