Have fun trying the experiments at home!  

Do this week's experiments together at home- then share what you did at our 

LIVE Superhero "Share and Tell" gatherings:

Tuesdays

April 9, 16, 23 from 6:30 pm-7:00 pm

April 30 from 6:30 pm -7:15 pm 


To join on Zoom:

Check your email on Monday each week for a message from Anne Stevenson/Zoom. This has the zoom link you will use.  Need help? email Lauren at backes@umn.edu  

If you have trouble joining with your internet connection, you can always CALL IN using this phone number  651-372-8299  (meeting ID: 924 5448 1743)

Read along with Zach, a 4-H Teen Superhero of Science, as he shares this book about all the things  scientists do! 

You might be surprised to learn that YOU also do many of these!

Can you count how many of these skills you have done?

teen boy holding up the book titled What is a Scientist?

(Find how-to videos & resources here) You will DO the experiments at home before April 9.

Experiments: Create A Bioplastic (Moon Dough) & the Disappearing Peanuts Experiment

Be a Polymer Scientist who creates and tests  bio (plant-based) plastic.

Bonus Activity-Mystery Crystals and Rainbow Tubes

The superpowers of science this week are: Curiosity and Asking Questions

(Find how-to videos & resources here)  You will DO the experiments at home before April 16.

Experiments: Make a Foamy Fizzy and Green Chemistry

Be a Green Chemist!

The superpower of science this week is: Asking Questions and Making Observations

(Find how-to videos & resources here) You will DO the experiments at home before April 23.

Experiment: Whoosh! Engineer a Water Soaker

Be an engineer who designs and redesigns a toy!

The superpower of science for this week are: Designing a Solution using engineering skills

young boy dressed in a costume made of plastic bags

(Find how-to videos & resources here) You will DO the experiments at home before April 30.

Experiments: Become a plastic litter detective as you explore these outdoor mysteries.  Build a plastic sculpture.

Be an Environmental Scientist and a plastics Artist who cares for the earth.

The superpowers of science this week are: Creativity and Using evidence to explain 

Need help or have questions on an activity? Call on a Superhero Sidekick to support your superhero efforts!

Email steve020@umn.edu  to have your questions answered, so that you can continue learning and keep on saving the world! 

(P.S. From one superhero to another, we all need a little help sometimes. We are stronger as a Green Superhero team!)