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How can you make popcorn kernels dance?

How can you make popcorn kernels dance?

Hands-on Activities

Get your popcorn kernels dancing with this uplifting chemical reaction.

How can you see underwater?

How can you see underwater?

Hands-on Activities

Explore how we see things through water.

Dinosaur footprint fossil

How did dinosaurs leave fossils behind?

Hands-on Activities

Using a toy dinosaur and some plaster of Paris, learn how dinosaur footprints could become fossils.

How do animals hide?

How do animals hide?

Hands-on Activities

Play a game of hide and seek to discover how animals can hide in plain sight!

Polar bear and two cubs

How do animals stay warm in the winter?

Hands-on Activities

Animals have some unique adaptations to stay warm. Discover what conduction of heat and insulation have to do with staying warm!

How can I make an egg float?

How can I make an egg float?

Hands-on Activities

In this challenge activity find out if you can get an egg to float. Learn how the density of matter affects the buoyancy of objects.

How do I construct a terrarium?

How do I construct a terrarium?

Hands-on Activities

You can make your own terrarium for growing plants!

How can I make glue?

How can I make glue?

Hands-on Activities

Discover how to use some common kitchen ingredients to make glue.

How do I see colour?

How do I see colour?

Hands-on Activities

How is light connected to the colours we see? In this STEAM activity make a colourful light catcher and discover why we see different colours?

How can I make my own weighing scale?

How can I make my own weighing scale?

Hands-on Activities

Make a scale from simple materials and test it to measure weight.

How do movies move?

How do movies move?

Hands-on Activities

Explore the concept of persistence of vision in this hands on activity.

How can I move water with just a comb?

How can I move water with just a comb?

Hands-on Activities

Have you ever experienced static electricity? Like when you pull a wool sweater over your head in the winter? See what else static electricity can do in this hands-on activity.

dump truck from different angles

How Do Objects Look from Different Angles?

Lessons

Students develop and apply observing, predicting and spatial reasoning skills to explore the position of objects.

Goldfish

Fish: Freshwater

Picture Collections

4 images of some fish such as koi that live in freshwater river and lake environments and in freshwater aquariums and garden ponds

Clown Fish

Fish: Saltwater

Picture Collections

14 images of some fish such as lion fish, grouper and sharks that live in saltwater environments like oceans, saltwater lakes and aquariums