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Physics Volunteer Activities

Penny Drops

Students will explore surface tension and how water molecules stick together to form a drop of water by dropping water onto a penny or any other small coin.

Health Sciences

Circulation

In this activity, participants will explore the functioning of their circulatory system and how different activity levels impact it!

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

What is your weight on another planet?

Perform a simple calculation to see how gravity affects your weight.

Earth & Environmental Science Volunteer Activities

Daily and Seasonal Changes

Students learn about daily and seasonal changes through group discussion, songs, drawing and interactive demonstrations.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

The Dots

Students learn about how data in computers is stored and transmitted as a series of zeros and ones and complete an activity to represent words and numbers using just these two symbols.

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Solids, liquids, and gases - Additional activities

Try out some additional activities that explore solids, liquids and gases!

Biology Volunteer Activities

Butterfly Life Cycle - Preschool/Kindergarten

This activity introduces pre-school / kindergarten aged students to the different steps in the life cycle of a butterfly from egg, to caterpillar, to chrystalis / cocoon, to butterfly. The students also get to create and take home a butterfly or caterpillar craft.

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

Astrobiology Investigation

In this activity, students will test different "alien soil samples" for signs of life.

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

Make a Crater!

Learners will build their very own crater and test different sized balls from various heights to see how their crater size may differ.

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

Constellation Viewers

Students will learn about stars and create a "constellation viewer" where they can create a constellation to look at.

Storytime - Who Likes the Wind?

Storytime - Who Likes the Wind?

Read "Who Likes the Wind?" and learn about wind and renewable energy.

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

Constellation Detective

Students are given an unlabeled picture of a night sky and asked to find the constellations in it.

Astronomy and Space Science Volunteer Activities

Let's Build a Telescope!

Learners will build their very own telescope and experience what it's like to look at different objects through a telescope lens.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Make Your Own Bottled Music

Students see how different amounts of air and water in a space can change the way we hear sounds.

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Create a Sunprint

Students will use a special type of paper that is sensitive to the sun to create fun prints and designs on the paper using sunlight.