Cool Science Resources for Teachers

We will continue to add instructions for many of our activities and other resources suitable for teachers to use with their students.

Hands-on Science Carnival Activity Stations:

Instructions and Background Science

* Note: Stations shown in BOLD were used in the inaugural 2010 CSCSF Carnival.

Chemistry

1. Polymer Chemistry: Slime, Silly Putty and Instant Worms


2. Polymer Chemistry II: Super Absorbent Polymers


3. Elephant Toothpaste


4. Soap Bubbles


5. Film Canister Alka-Seltzer Rockets


6. Food Science: There's Iron in My Cereal!


7. Food Science: I Can't Believe it IS Butter!


8. Candy Chromatography


9. Cabbage Juice pH

Biology and Biochemistry

1. Neuroscience of the Senses


2. Milk Fireworks

Properties of Materials

1. Phase Transformations with Dry Ice


2. Heat and Phase Transformations: Super-Cooled Water Instant Freeze


3. Balloon ka-Bob


4. Wire with a Memory


5. Liquid Nitrogen


6. Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces: Water Marbles


7. More Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions: Marbling with Shaving Cream


8. Oobleck: Is It a Solid or a Liquid?

General Physics

1. Centripetal Force and Vibrations: Penny Racers and Screaming Balloons


2. Spinning Things: Angular Momentum and Gyroscopic Motion (the GyroWheel)


3. Pressure vs. Force: Phone Book-Tug of-War


4. Momentum Transfer: Yogurt Cup Ping-Pong Ball Launcher


5. Forces: CD-ROM Balloon Hovercraft


6. Airbrush Painting with the Venturi Effect

Light and Optics

1. Laser Optics, Total Internal Reflection and Fiber Optics


2. Fun with Mirrors


3. Personal Pinhole Theaters


4. Coloring in 3-D


5. Phosphorescence: Writing with Light


6. Light and Shadows- In color!


7. The "Wizard of Oz" Room- Where Colors Disappear!


8. Candy Light- Triboluminescence

Electricity and Magnetism

1. Electric Charges: Balloon Pets, Electric Field Detectors and Pop Can Racers


2. Electrochemistry: Fruit Batteries


3. Electric and Magnetic Fields and Lenz' Law


4. (Really) Simple Electric Motors

Sound and Waves

1. Wine Glass Resonance and Spouting Bowl


2. Singing Rod and Ringing of the (Spoon) Bells


3. Pop Bottle Organ and Sound Tubes

Pressure and Buoyancy

1. Cartesian Divers, Bladder Fish, Dancing Raisins and Diet Coke vs. Coke


2. Airflow and Lift: Ping-Pong Ball and Straw Bernoulli


3. Crushing Cans with Air


4. Aluminum Foil Boats

Send and comments, error corrections, or suggestions for more Activity Stations to marc@coolscience.org