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Suitable for all ages

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Acid Rain Demonstration

Students learn how acid rain is formed and the use of pH indicators.

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Get to the Point

Students compare point source and nonpoint source pollution.

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Gardens Against Greenhouse Gas

Students make seed bombs to promote native biodiversity.

Physics

Pulleys

Experiment with different pulleys to lift a water bottle.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Brain Buster Virtual Quiz

Students participate in a series of exciting virtual quizzes.

Biology Volunteer Activities

What's That Smell? Holiday Scent Guessing Game

This activity from the Feast for the Senses Lending Library kit is great for community booths. The attached discovery card is Christmas/holiday themed. Participants try to guess the smell of various bottles.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Supertasters

This activity is a good demonstration of genetic differences (about 70% of those tested should be able to taste it).

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Alka-Seltzer Rockets

In this activity, we will learn all about gases, pressure and the states of matter by making alka-seltzer rockets!

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Carbon Dioxide Candle - Demonstration

Put out a candle using carbon dioxide created by mixing vinegar and baking soda and learn about the states of matter and invisible gases!

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Eggs-periment!

This activity will show us what vinegar does to calcium carbonate, a molecule that makes up sea shells, corals, and parts of your bones!

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Create Your Own Lava Lamp!

Learn about the density of liquids and the production of gases in this cool activity!

Biology Volunteer Activities

Green Thumb - Changing the Colour of Plants!

What is your favorite colour? How do plants and flowers have so many different colours? What if you could change their colour? In this activity, you will explore the properties and structure of plants and how to change their color.

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.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Ask A Scientist

A virtual interview with a scientist where volunteers lead an interactive session about themselves, their interest in science, their career path, etc.

Volunteer Activity - Bridge Bonanza

Binary Beads

Explore binary code and how computers use it to store information.