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Toilet Paper Solar System
In this activity, participants will build a scale model of the distances in the solar system using a roll of toilet paper to better understand distances in space.
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Making a Planisphere
An activity to demonstrate how a planisphere operates. A planisphere is a star chart analog computing instrument in the form of two adjustable disks that rotate on a common pivot.
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Spider Webs
This is a great hands-on activity for large-scale community events or even in class visits. Students build spider webs out of toothpicks, thin, flexible wires, and beads. This can act as a supplement to other bug-related activities or even to discussing elements of mathematics in nature.
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Fingerprinting
Students take their fingerprints and identify the patterns.
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Morse Code Telegraph
The principles of electricity and magnetism can be used to communicate - for example by using an electromagnet to make a Morse code transmitter.
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Burglar Alarm
How can we use basic knowledge of how circuits work to construct a simple appliance? This burglar alarm is easy to understand based on knowledge of circuits and switches.
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High Flyers
Students explore various aspects of flight and apply their knowledge by designing and testing paper planes.
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Fight or Flight? The Science of Stress - Virtual
Students will explore what happens in their nervous system, endocrine system and circulatory system when their brain detects stressful situations.
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Mix It Up
Students explore why some things dissolve but not others by learning about particle interactions.