Activity Pages Organized by Subject

Here the activities are organized according to the conceptual theme. Many activities appear more than once, because there are many things going on, or many different ways of exploring the same phenomena. The pages will be revised and added to periodically, so please email us with comments or ideas.

Gravity

Air Has Weight
Sink or Swim
Understanding Buoyancy
The Pull of Gravity
Gravity Balloon
The Crazy Cantilever

Pressure

Air Pressure
Displacement
Seahorse Submarine
Sink or Swim
Understanding Buoyancy
Liquid Drop Fission

Magnetism

Magnet Art
Magnetic Attraction
Making Magnets
Electromagnet

Electricity

Static With Wand
Static with Balloon
Electromagnet

State of Matter

Ice Games
Moving Air
Viscosity Race
Making Goo
Nutty Putty
Science Slime
Water in a Jar Game
Bubble Tricks
Moving Air

Optics

Bubble Tricks
Shadow Games
Pinhole Camera
Hole in the Hand
Invisible Glass
Periscope
Mirror games
Mixing Colors
Multiplying Mirrors
Understanding Reflection
Making a Blue Sky

Forces and Motion

Lissajous Figures with Pendulum
Bubble Tricks
A Fixed Race

Acoustics

How Well Can You Hear
Musical Instruments
Making Sounds
Chladni's Figures

Planetary Astronomy

Football Field Solar System
Moving Earth
Reasons for Seasons
Meteor Shower
Phases of the Moon

Other Astronomy and Other Physics

Beginning Celestial Navigation
Domino Fission
Balloon Universe
Liquid Drop Fission
Pizza Box Oven

Explanations and Stories

Archimedes' Bath
Energy Usage, Past and Future
Explaining Magnetism
Celestial Navigation History
Static Explanations
Tycho and Johannes History