Resources
- ZOOM--Soda Bottle Boat
- Provided by WGBH
- Chemistry, Physics, Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a fizz powered boat and watch it go!
- ZOOM--Spool Racer
- Provided by WGBH
- Physics, Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a desk top racer with odds and ends from your junk drawer.
- ZOOM--Static Electricity
- Provided by WGBH
- Physics, Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Try different ways of making static electricity in this electrifying activity.
- ZOOM--Steadiness Tester
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Create a circuit that makes a buzzer sound when the circuit is completed. Then turn this idea into a game that will keep you buzzing.
- ZOOM--Submarine Race
- Provided by WGBH
- Chemistry, Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- More fizzy fun and games: build a submarine that will sink and come back to the surface.
- ZOOM--Sweet Spot
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Batter up! Find the sweet spot and hit a homer!
- Building Big--Shear the Deck (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- illustrate the effect of shearing using a deck of cards in this mini-activity.
- Building Big--Sponge Beam (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Experiment with bending with the aid of an ordinary household sponge.
- Building Big--Feel the Stretch (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Identify and experiment with the force of tension.
- Building Big--Feel the Pressure (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Experiment and identify the presence of compression in the structures around us.
- Building Big--Name That Load (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Identify and categorize loads in this mini-activity.
- Building Big--Force-ful Furniture (mini)
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Play with gravity and furniture in this forceful activity.
- Building Big--Meeting in the Middle
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a tunnel with a friend and try to meet directly in the middle.
- Building Big--Newspaper Tower
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- What's the tallest tower you can build using only two sheets of newspaper?
- Building Big--Geodesic Dome
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- What's the strongest dome you can build out of newspaper?