Catch a Wave

Get close up and personal with a drop of water to discover how the polarity of its molecules affect its behavior. Elementary hydrologists split and combine water droplets, and also compare them to drops of oil. Much neater than placing a...

Do you hear what I hear? Encourage scholars to use their listening skills and participate in a series of activities that demonstrate how the sense of hearing is crucial to the human and animal world. Activities guide learners...

What's so amazing about birds? Find out just how amazing birds are with a physics of animal behavior unit created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Have learners explore and tap into their observational skills and notice how birds fly, what...

This presentation on the scientific method uses simple terms for young learners. It will elicit a lot of discussion in your class as they figure out what the people in the slides are trying to discover. Very nice!

Set up a set of colorful liquid-filled bottles that produce sounds when tapped with a spoon. When teaching primary physicists about sound, they can experiment with pitch, comparing it the amount of liquid in the bottle. Which makes a...

Challenge your learners with a film on sound and vibration. Two wine glasses are filled with water and are then used to make sounds. When water is added to the glass, or removed from the glass, the pitch of the sound changes. Then, a...

Long, rippled, plastic tubes are swung around in circles, making air pass through them, and creating sound waves. This is a simple and inexpensive toy that you can let learners experiment with as they learn about sound and pitch. Go...

Inspire scholars to explore and discover with a music video that highlights the fun of unearthing new things. Captivating graphics take viewers through several learning experiences such as science experiments and unearthing lost...

Second graders create sound effects to produce a radio drama. In this sound instructional activity, 2nd graders read a book and provide the sound effects to transform it into a radio drama. They discuss sound and the shape of sound waves...

In this physics science fair project, the student will use common materials to play back sound from a vinyl record album. The student will investigate what kinds of materials produce the best sound. The Science Buddies project ideas are...