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Chemistry Volunteer Activities

The Application of Polymers: Plastics!

Students are introduced to different types of household plastics and the concept of polymers and then complete two related experiments.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Fingerprints

Make a hand stencil, then record your fingerprints with graphite and examine them up close to learn about your unique fingerprints.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Pompom Poppers and Catapults

Learn about forces by building a pompom popper and catapult.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Harmonicas

Students will build a makeshift harmonica out of paper, popsicle sticks and toothpicks.

Chemistry Volunteer Activities

Chromatography Butterfly

Watch water flow up a coffee filter and separate the dye in a permanent marker, then create a butterfly with the end result.

Engineering Volunteer Activities

Flight Challenge

Build, launch and test a glider made of paper, a straw and an elastic.

Psychology Volunteer Activities

Pipe Cleaner Neuron

Learn about the importance of neurons and create a cell body and neuron model out of pipe cleaners.

Earth & Environmental Science Volunteer Activities

Cloud Mobile

Learn about clouds and how they form, then create a model of various clouds at their specific altitudes.

Health Sciences Volunteer Activities

A Model Hand

Create a model of your hand, with bones, knuckles, ligaments and tendons using paper, straw bits and string.

Information Technology Volunteer Activities

Driving Towards the Future - Virtual

Participants will be introduced to coding and will give instructions to program a car.

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.

Physics Volunteer Activities

Light and Kaleidoscopes

Learn about light and build a Kaleidoscope

Physics Volunteer Activities

UV Beaded Bracelet

Create a bracelet with beads that react to UV light.

Biology Volunteer Activities

Hunt the Organelle!

Students will learn the difference between animal and plant cells and obtain an understanding of the major organelles by conducting a scavenger hunt.

Biotechnology Volunteer Activities

Gel Electrophoresis of Biological Dyes

Learn how to complete a gel electophoresis and how it is used to separate different molecules in a sample!