Science

Human Machine

Lesson 1 - Why do your biceps bulge? Activity - Robot Finger

Lesson 2  - What do people who are blind see? Activity - Front of the Eye

Lesson 3 - How can some animals sleep in the dark? Activity - Pupil

Lesson 4 - How does your brain control your body? Activity - Think Fast!

The Birth of Rocks

Lesson 1 - Could a volcano pop up where you live?

Activity - Volcano Discoveries, Volcano Mapping

Lesson 2  - Why do volcanoes explode?

Activity - Lava Experiments, Lava Mats

Lesson 3 - Will a mountain last for ever?

Activity - Sugar Shake Data

Lesson 4 - What did your town look like 100 million years ago?

Activity - Colossal Canyon, Fossil Cards

Lesson 5 - How could you survive a landslide?

Activity - Saving My Slide - City Home

Waves of Sound

Lesson 1 - How do you send a secret code?

Activity - Snack Decoder, Sound Code, Visual Code

Lesson 2  - How far can a whisper travel?

Activity - Paper Cup Telephone

Lesson 3 - What would happen if you screamed in outer space?

Activity - Sound Blobs

Lesson 4 - Why are some sound high and some sounds low?

Activity - Be the Vibration, Sound Vibrations

Energizing Everything

Lesson 1 - How is your body similar to a car?

Activity - Twist - O - Matic

Lesson 2  - What makes roller coasters go so fast?

Activity - Alligator, Bumper Coaster Tracks, Collision Experiments, Distance and Height Experiments

Lesson 3 - How can marbles save the world?

Activity - Bumper Jumper Game, Bumper Jumper game with foil, Collision Track, Landing Zones

Lesson 4 - Could you knock down a building with dominoes?

Activity - Chain Reaction Starter Kit, Marble Corral

Lesson 5 - Can you build a chain reaction machine?

Activity - Chain Reaction Starter Kit, Pop up sign

Lesson 6  - What if there were no electricity?

Activity - Flashlight Maker

Lesson 7 - How long did it take to travel across the country before cars and planes?

Activity - Do Not Touch the Light Bulb, Get To Know your Spinner, Heat Spinners, Inventing a Heat Engine

Lesson 8 - Where does energy come from?

Activity - Energy Plan, Energy Signs, Wind, Sun and Water Energy