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3D Camera
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Using technology to show how 3-D pictures are developed and used. Also explores how depth perception works.
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Science
Technology
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1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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3Doodler
Demo: 10 minutes
Draw your very own 3-D object!
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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3D Printer
Demo: Variable depending on the print (minimum of 1-2 hours)
Learn how to 3-D print using the Dremel 3-D printer!
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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3D Waves
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Watch and learn about wavelengths!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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7-Segment Display: Exploring Circuits
Demo: 5 minutes
Demonstrate how a LED screen works!
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4-4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3-2 Energy
4-PS3-4 Energy
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Accuracy and Power
Demo: 4-8 minutes
What's the formula to score a goal? How fast does a typical puck fly and how does the power of the shot affect the accuracy? Take some experimental data and see for yourself what it takes to formulate the winning shot.
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Ad Specs
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Learn how glasses and contacts work to improve vision!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2 ETS1 Engineering Design
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Aerogel
Demo: 3 minutes
How can you put flame under a flower and not have it heat up at all? Put a piece of aerogel between the two! Learn of aerogel's insulating properties!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2 Engineering Design
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5 Engineering Design
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Anti-Gravity Bottle
Demo: 30 seconds
Use a ping pong ball to trap water in a bottle, even when upside down!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1-Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Are You My Type?
Demo: 5 minutes
Learn about what blood is made of and what types of blood can donate to others!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
MS-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
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Arms Race
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Use changes in hydraulic pressure to move the control arms!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Baking Soda Bubbles
Demo: 2-3 minutes
Explore the meaning behind density with bubbles!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Ballistics Car
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Propel a cart with only a ball! Learn about projectile motion and Newton's laws of motion.
STEM Categories
Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Balloon Filled with CO2 and Glove Filled with CO2
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Blow up a balloon or glove using a chemical reaction that creates CO2!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Balloon Hovercraft
Demo: 2-5 minutes
Use the properties of air flow to create your very own hovercraft!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
ETS1 Engineering Design
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Bed of Nails
Demo: 3-5 minutes
How can a balloon stay intact when put on a bed of nails?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Bell Jar and Ringer
Demo: 5 minutes
Is there sound in a vacuum? Place a bell under a glass dome, and remove all the air, what do you hear?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Bernoulli Balloons
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Use air pressure changes to move balloons!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Biomed Bones
Demo: 10 minutes
Have you ever had a broken bone that required screws or other tools to fix? Learn about why those screws are made the way they are.
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2 ETS1 Engineering Design
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Blue Bottle
Demo: 2-3 minutes
Create a color change right before your eyes with the property of oxidation!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Boats Afloat
Demo: 3 minutes
Use your engineering skills to create a boat to hold the most weight!
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Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Boxing Beans
Demo: 3 minutes
Can different shaped and sized containers hold the same amount of material?
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Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-1-ETS1 Engineering Design
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Building Bridges
Demo: 3 minutes
How strong can you build your bridge with a few strips of paper?
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Buoyancy Battle
Demo: 3-5 minutes
What is buoyancy? What sinks, and what floats? Figure out how the amount of sugar affects buoyancy!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Burning Money
Demo: 3-4 minutes
"Burn" a dollar bill without charring any of the bill itself!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Can Implosion
Demo: 3-4 minutes
The pressure of the atmosphere can be crushing! Illustrate atmospheric pressure and pressure changes due to temperature change with a can, a hot plate, and a bowl of ice water.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Carbonating Juice
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Mix up some juice and use a little chemistry to create your own carbonated juice!
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Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Cartesian Diver
Demo: 1 minute
Play with the laws of buoyancy and ideal gas laws to sink the "diver"!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Cat Anatomy
Demo: 5-7 minutes
Explore the inner workings of the digestive tract of a cat. Students can compare major organs and structures of a cat with those of various sea creatures.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Centripetal Force
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Keep the mug from flying away when you swing it around.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Chil-LED!
Demo: 2-5 minutes
Observe the effects of extreme cold on LED color!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Chladni Plates
Demo: 1-5 minutes
See how sound travels with changing frequencies through sand designs!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Circular Polarization
Demo: 3 minutes
Experience what polarization is through 3-D glasses!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Cloud in a Bottle
Demo: 3 minutes
Why are there clouds in the sky? Learn how pressure affects how clear the skies are!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
2-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
3-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
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Colliding Spheres
Demo: 1 minute
Learn how energy is transformed by creating enough thermal energy to burn paper without flame!
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Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Color Subtraction Challenge
Demo: 3 minutes
See how you can do picking out colored poof balls once every color, except red, is subtracted!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
HS-LS4 Biological Evolution Unity and Diversity
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Copper Block
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Use Lenz's law and properties of magnetic fields to alter the motion of a magnet.
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Science
Education Standards
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Cubelets
Demo: 5 minutes
Build a robot and learn how sensors respond!
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Engineering
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D-30
Demo: 1 minute
D-30 is a non-Newtonian material that has been commercialized. This is a great practical application for our oobleck demonstration.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Da Vinci's Bridge
Demo: 5-8 minutes
Create a study structure with only using friction as a fastener!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Dancing Raisins
Demo: 5 minutes
Make raisins dance before your eyes without touching them!
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Science
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2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Dash and Dot
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Learn basic programming with robots Dash and Dot!
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Density Challenge
Demo: 2-3 minutes
Why do some of the cubes float while others sink?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Depth Perception Challenge
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Test to see how good your depth perception is!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Dice, Dice Baby
Demo: 1 minute
Learn about probability through rolling dice.
STEM Categories
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standard: Grade 7 (7.SP) Probabilities and Chance
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Digital Microscope
Demo: 2-10 minutes
Making the micro-world visible to the human eye!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
2-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Dissolving Styrofoam
Demo: 2-4 minutes
Use your chemistry skills and make styrofoam "disappear"!
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Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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DNA Detective
Demo: 5-7 minutes
Have you ever seen your own DNA?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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DNA Extraction
Demo: 5 minutes
See your own DNA and save it!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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DNA: The Double Helix
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Observe the structure of DNA and the learn the deoxyribose pairings
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Science
Education Standards
HS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes HS-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Drawdio
Demo: Under 5 minutes
Draw and complete your own circuit!
STEM Categories
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Dry Ice Bubble
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Trap Carbon Dioxide vapor in a bubble and watch as the bubble expands in front of your eyes!
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Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Egg Fastball
Demo: 2 minutes
How good is your throwing arm? Test to see what happens when you throw an egg at a sheet!
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Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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EggBot
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Personalize objects that are nearly impossible to print on using the EggBot!
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Technology
Education Standards
Coming Soon!
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Electromagnet
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Construct an electromagnet and use it to pick up objects!
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Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Elephant Toothpaste
Demo: Under 2 minutes
Erupt a foam-tastic chemical reaction of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide!
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Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Epic Bubbles
Demo: 2 minutes
Hold a bubble in your hand without it popping or floating away!
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Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Expanding Peeps
Demo: 3-5 minutes
What happens if you take out all the air in a marshmallow? What happens when you are to add back the air? Find out with this demo, Expanding Peeps!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
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Fan Cart
Demo: 2-3 minutes
Explore how air direction and interference effects a cart's motion!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Faraday Cage
Demo: 3 minutes
Why doesn't your cell phone work in an elevator? Because it's a Faraday cage!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS3 Energy
HS- PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Faster than Gravity Board
Demo: 1-3 minutes
When the center of mass of an object is disturbed, see an object's motion to follow Newton's law of every action having an equal and opposite reaction.
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Science
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Feather and Guinea
Demo: 2-3 minutes
See for yourself that all objects accelerate due to gravity at the same rate in ideal conditions!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Ferrofluid
Demo: 1-3 minutes
This special fluid has magnetic properties and is used in computers and high-powered tools. It forms tiny spikes that align with a magnetic field for an amazing display of magnetism.
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Fingerprint Balloons
Demo: 1 minute
See how unique your fingerprint is!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
HS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Fire Syringe
Demo: 3 minutes
With Charles' Law, ignite a piece of paper on fire!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Fire Tornado
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Watch as the motion of a spinning plate creates a vortex of fire!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
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Fireproof Balloon
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Is it possible to save a balloon from popping when fire is touching it?
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Science
Education Standards
K-PS3 Energy
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Flinker
Demo: 2-5 minutes
What happens when an object doesn't float or sink? It flinks! Construct a device that uses neutral buoyancy.
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Floating and Sinking Eggs
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Use the properties of density to both float and sink an egg!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Fluid Power
Demo: Under 5 minutes
See how you can push a large load with a small amount of force!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Fluorescent Rocks
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Investigate how certain wave lengths of light can make some minerals glow!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Foam Dough
Demo: 3 minutes
Learn about Non-Newtonian materials through this gooey dough!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Foam Gnomes
Demo: 5-10 minutes
With a chemical reaction, create a polymer you can decorate!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Fractions are Friends
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Take the traditional game of "War" and challenge your friends to a battle of fractions!
STEM Categories
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standard: Grade 3 - Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
Common Core Math Standard: Grade 4 - Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering
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Freezing Point
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Why do we add salt to roads in the winter? Explore the effects of salt on ice!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Fruit Battery
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Turn a lemon into a battery!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Fun Fly Sticks
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Make Mylar float in the air under the control of a wand!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-5 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Gallium
Demo: 5 minutes
Can you melt metal at body temperature?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Gauss Rifle
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Use the power of converting potential energy to kinetic energy to knock down barrels!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Giant Bubbles
Demo: 2 minutes
Mind Trekkers' own recipe for the perfect giant bubble. This solution, plus a small pool, hula-hoop, and a landscaper's brick can put you inside a giant bubble!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4 PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer
5-PS1 Matter and Its interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technology for Information Transfer
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Giant Mirrors
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Identify the differences in concave and convex mirrors!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Grape Crusher
Demo: 3 minutes
Protect a grape from the Grape Crusher with your engineering skills!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Grape Lightning
Demo: 3 minutes
Explore the fourth state of matter...plasma!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Gravity Well
Demo: 3-4 minutes
See how size and gravitational pull work together to make moons orbit.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-ESS1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
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Hand Boilers
Demo: Less than 1 minute
Make water boil in the palm of your hand!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
HS-PS3 Energy
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Handheld Hologram
Demo: 2 minutes
Turn your smart device into a hologram using the PepperGram Projector!
STEM Categories
Technology
Education Standards
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Happy Feet
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Why do are shoes built in a certain way? Compare the similarities and differences in shoes!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Happy/Sad Ball
Demo: 5-6 minutes
Looks can be deceiving. Find out about the conservation of momentum and elastic and inelastic collisions!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Heart Spark
Demo: 15-20 minutes
Learn what your heart beat looks like and identify the key elements shown on the graph!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 4.Structure
Function
and Information Processing HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes HS.Structure and Function
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High Bouncy Ball
Demo: 3-10 minutes
Use the force of gravity to test your create-your-own bouncy ball!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Hockey Stick Flex
Demo: 5 minutes
Learn how different hockey stick compositions affect your shot!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Hollow Penny
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Is a penny all copper? Do all metals react the same to chemicals? Find out how metals react to chemicals and how much of a penny is copper!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Homopolar Motor
Demo: 5-7 minutes
Use the power of a magnet to make a motor run!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Hot Ice Sculptures
Demo: 3 minutes
Design your own crystal creation with supersaturated substances!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Hoverboard
Demo: 2 minutes
Check out how this board can float over the ground using opposing magnetic forces.
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Howling Tube
Demo: Less than 1 minute
Use the power of the properties of hot air to create sound!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS3 Energy
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Human Tuning Fork
Demo: 2 minutes
Did you ever make a telephone with two cans and string when you were younger? Learn the science behind it and about vibrations in this demonstration!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Hydrogen Car
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Explore fuel cells changing chemical to electrical energy though hydrogen car!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
4-PS3 Energy
4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Hydrophobic Sand
Demo: 3 minutes
How can sand not get wet?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Illusion Science
Demo: 5 minutes
Check out the way that mirrors can reflect an image to look like it is floating!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Induced Current
Demo: 3 minutes
Power LEDs by creating an induced current from a magnet!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
PS2-3 Motion and Stability
PS3-2 Energy
PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
PS4-3 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Internet of Things (IoT)
Demo: 5 minutes
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
1D - Empowered Learner - “students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations…..”
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Invisible Fire Extinguisher
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Put out a flame with a tip of a cup!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Jacob's Ladder
Demo: 2 minutes
See electricity travel right before your eyes while creating a show of color!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Jelly Bean Taste Test
Demo: 1 minute
Why can't you figure out the flavor of a jelly bean when your nose is plugged?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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K'NEX Solar Power
Demo: 2-5 minutes
How do solar panels actually work?
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
4-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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K'NEX Wind Powered Car
Demo: 4-5 minutes
Does sail material and size really matter? See who can create the best sail to make the car go the fastest!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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K'NEX Wind Powered Water Lift
Demo: 4 minutes
Use green energy to create a water lift.
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Kinematic Carts
Demo: 3-5 minutes
What happens if you push off another person sitting on a cart? Do you both move the same distance from each other? What happens if you toss a ball back and forth? Find out with kinematic carts!
STEM Categories
Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-1/2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-1 Energy
HS-PS2-1/2/3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Kruskal's Card Game
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Can you find you way to the end of the path?
STEM Categories
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standard Grade 7 (7.SP)
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Lasers and Prisms
Demo: 3-10 minutes
Go through a series of challenges to bend light!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Leave No Trace
Demo: 10-15 minutes
Be kind to the environment! Learn how long it takes for different materials to biodegrade.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
4-ESS2 Earth’s Systems
5-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
MS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions
Energy
and Dynamics
MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
HS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions
Energy
and Dynamics
HS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
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Let's Communicate
Demo: 5 minutes
Think like an engineer and work on giving clear directions on how to build your creation!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Levitron
Demo: 1-5 minutes
Can you make an object float on air? Using the power of magnets and a force of a gyroscope, try out your abilities to do so!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-2/3/5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3-1/3/5 Energy
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Liquid Crystals
Demo: 5 minutes
Ever wonder why the surface of a lake is warmer than the bottom? Find out why while you create a thermocline!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS3 Energy
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
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Liquid Rainbow
Demo: 15 minutes
Find out how the densities of liquids compare to each other!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Liquid Sand
Demo: More than 2 minutes
See how we can make sand behave like a liquid by pumping air up from underneath it!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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LN2 Cloud
Demo: 10 minutes
Cause a sky touching cloud with liquid nitrogen!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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LN2 Explosion
Demo: 15 minutes
Experience what it is like to have a 32 gallon garbage can filled with water shoot up over 25 feet in the air!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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LN2 Freeze and Smash
Demo: Variable
What would happen if you add an apple or rose to liquid nitrogen? Explore what happens to an inflated balloon before and after having been in liquid nitrogen!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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LN2 Ice Cream
Demo: 10-15 minutes
Make ice cream in just 60 seconds!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Loop-the-Loop
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Can you make the marble go all the way around the loop? Test to see what happens when you drop a marble at different points on the track varying the kinetic energy!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Lung Volume
Demo: 1-5 minutes
Can you hold more air in your lungs than your friends? Try this demo to see who has the biggest lung capacity!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Magic Perimeter Triangle
Demo: 15-20 minutes
Students will discover how counting is connected to a broader area of mathematics.
STEM Categories
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1: Operations & Algebraic Thinking CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.D.9: Operations & Algebraic Thinking
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MagLev
Demo: 5 minutes
Levitate a car you created and test to see who's car can travel the fastest!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
5-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-1 Energy
MS-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
HS-PS3-2 Energy
HS-PS3-3 Energy
HS-PS3-5 Energy
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Magnet Down a Metal Pipe
Demo: 1-10 minutes
Slow down a fall of an object with using magnetic forces and Lenz's Law!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Making Movies
Demo: 1-5 minutes
Check out how movies were made in starting in 1877!
STEM Categories
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Making Music
Demo: 1-5 minutes
Explore the world of music by creating your own piece of music then hearing it by the vibrations created by each note!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Marble Madness
Demo: 1-3 minutes
See how energy is transferred through a system!
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Science
Technology
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Marker Chromatography
Demo: 4-6 minutes
See what colors make up other colors while creating pieces of art!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Memory Match Up
Demo: 10 minutes
Do you think you have a good memory? Put it to the test!
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Science
Education Standards
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Milk Trick
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Get your groove on with this science demo creating a constantly changing kaleidoscope of colors!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Mixture Separation
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Separate objects by using their densities!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1-2 Matter and its Interactions
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Mobius Madness and Klein Bottle
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Explore the world of 3-D and 4D objects!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standards: 1.G
2.G
3.G 6.G
7.G - Surface area
area
surfaces
G-GMD (relationships between 2- and 3-D objects) G-MG (modeling with geometry)
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Moment of Inertia Spinner
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Ever wonder how a ice skater can speed up their spinning on ice? Use angular momentum to improve your spin speed!
STEM Categories
Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Musical Fruit
Demo: 3 minutes
Make a banana piano or other creations with MaKey MaKey!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
4-PS3 Energy
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Nail Puzzle
Demo: 3-10 minutes
How many nails can you balance on a single nail head? Current Record: 134 Nails
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Naked Egg
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Remove the shell from an egg with chemistry!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Newtonian Beads
Demo: 2-3 minutes
How can a string of beads crawl out of a cup?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Oobleck (Large Scale)
Demo: 2-5 minutes
Ever want to run across water? You can as you run across a six foot trough of it as you separate the cornstarch and water of oobleck!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Oobleck (Small Scale)
Demo: 5 minutes
Play with a creation that has solid matter properties, but is always a liquid!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Oudin Coil
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Use wireless power to light up a light bulb!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Owl Pellets
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Find out what an owl's diet is through dissecting pellets!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions
Energy
and Dynamics
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions
Energy
and Dynamics
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Ozobot
Demo: 5 minutes
Ozobot is a color-sensing robot that teaches basic programming.
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Paper Derby
Demo: 5 minutes
Race against your friends to see who can make their car go the fastest!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Penny Droplets
Demo: 1-3 minutes
See how many drops of water you can add to a penny before the tension is broken!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Pile Game and Modular Arithmetic
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Use your math skills to be the one to pick up the last object standing!
STEM Categories
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1-3 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Ping-pong Cannon
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Shoot a ping-pong ball right through a soda can with the power of air pressure!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Plasma Ball
Demo: 2-5 minutes
Without touching, light up a neon tube from a plasma ball!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
5-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-2 Energy
HS-PS1-3 Matter and its Interactions
HS-PS3-2 Energy
HS-PS3-3 Energy
HS-PS3-5 Energy
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PolySnow
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Put your hands in some PolySnow and explore what real snow feels like using this super absorbent polymer!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Poseidon's Challenge
Demo: 7 minutes
Get exactly four gallons of water in the test carboy, using only a five gallon and three gallon carboy!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standard: 3rd Grade (Number and Operations in Base 10)
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Powder Glove
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Explore hydrophobic solutions with powders!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
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Power Generator
Demo: 10 minutes
Convert the difference in water temperature into electricity!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS3 Energy
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS3 Energy
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS3 Energy
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Power Of Air
Demo: 10 minutes
How can a beach ball hover in mid-air?
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Science
Engineering
Education Standards
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Pressure Paradox
Demo: Less than 5 minutes
What is volume? What is density? Pressure? Discover how they all relate in this demonstration!
STEM Categories
Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
MS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
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Proprioception
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Trick your mind into thinking your body has an extra limb!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
MS-LS1-4 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Pulley Force
Demo: 5 minutes
Use the simple machine of pulleys to reduce the amount of work needed to lift heavy objects!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3-4 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-2 Energy
HS-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Quantum Levitation
Demo: 5 minutes
See for yourself how superconductors can act like magnets! Quantum Levitation kit needed for demonstration.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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RattleBack
Demo: 1-3 minutes
What happens while spinning when the center of the top of an object is the not same place as the center of the bottom of an object?
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Reaction Time
Demo: Under a minute
How does your quick response to a falling object compare to your friends?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
4-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS1-8 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Resonance Bowl
Demo: 5 minutes
Using vibrations through water, create audible sound!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3-4 Energy
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3-5 Energy
MS-PS4-2 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS3-3 Energy
HS-PS4-1 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Ring and Ball
Demo: 5 minutes
Use thermal expansion and contraction to solve the problem of getting a ball through a ring!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
2-PS1-4 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3-3 Energy
MS-PS3-4 Energy
HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Rolling Race
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Explore how energy is conserved when potential energy becomes kinetic energy!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Ruben's Tube
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Use fire to see sound!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Mathematics
Education Standards
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Salt Powered Car
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Power a car that releases Hydrogen instead of carbon dioxide!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
4-PS3-4 Energy
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1-2 Matter and its Interactions
HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
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Secret Message
Demo: 1 minute
Write an invisible message to a friend and read it only under blacklight!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4-2 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4-4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4-5 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Sensory Rebound
Demo: 5 minutes
Think you're the next NBA MVP? Try to shoot a basket wearing prism goggles and see if you can still sink it.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Sensory Scramble
Demo: 1 minute
How well are your balancing skills? What happens when your senses are limited and you are still trying to balance?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Shape Memory Wire
Demo: 3-5 minutes
After bending and twisting a wire about, watch it go back to its' original shape by heating it!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
K-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1-3 Matter and its Interactions
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Sifteo Cubes
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Play against one another or the cubes themselves with brain teasing puzzles for all ages!
STEM Categories
Technology
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS4-3 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Skewer Through a Balloon
Demo: 2-5 minutes
Stick a skewer through a balloon without popping it!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
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Small Animal Anatomy
Demo: 4-6 minutes
Explore and compare the anatomy of small animals!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-12 Life Science Content Standard C Living Systems
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Snap Circuits
Demo: 3 minutes
Create your own circuit to complete the flow of electricity to light up an LED and control its' brightness!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3-4 Energy
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3-3 Energy
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Snatoms
Demo: 5 minutes
Learn how to make a chemical structure based off of the chemical formula! Use snap together pieces to make your own chemical sturctures.
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
MS-PS1-1. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. HS-PS1-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms. HS-PS1-2. Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms
trends in the periodic table
and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties.
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Soundproof Package
Demo: 5-6 minutes
Test your engineering skills to see how much sound you can prevent from escaping the box!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3-2 Energy
MS-PS4-2 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Spectral Analysis
Demo: 5-6 minutes
See how different gasses produce colors when an electrical charge is passed through them.
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Science
Education Standards
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Squishy Circuit Board
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Light up an LED with an electric flow through play dough!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
2-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3-2 Energy
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3-1 Energy
HS-PS4-5 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Strandbeest
Demo: 1-2 minutes
A beast that uses only the wind to move; Dutch artist Theo Jansen created large mechanisms that can move on their own! Check out this small-scale version!
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Education Standards
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Straw Fountain
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Use air pressure to create a fountain!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Surface Tension Trap
Demo: 1 minute
Ever wonder why pool toys never stay in the center of the pool? Hint: it has to do with surface tension!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Teaching Tornado
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Learn what is necessary to create a tornado! Teaching Tornado Model needed for this demonstration.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-ESS2-1 Earth's Systems
K-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity
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Theremin
Demo: 3-4 minutes
Learn to play the theremin and electrical energy!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
HS-PS3-1 Energy
HS-PS3-5 Energy
MS-PS3-2 Energy
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Thermal Imaging
Demo: 3 minutes
See what the world looks like through a thermal lens.
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
4-PS3 Energy
4-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
5-PS3 Energy
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Thompson Coil
Demo: 1-5 minutes
Use Lenz's Law and electric flux to make metal rings fly!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3-4 Energy
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS2-5 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3-5 Energy
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Toothpick Challenge
Demo: 3-8 minutes
Use tessellations to create a certain pattern!
STEM Categories
Engineering
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Tower of Hanoi
Demo: Up to 20 minutes
Apply logical thinking to move the entire stack of discs, within the rules, in as few moves as possible.
STEM Categories
Mathematics
Education Standards
Common Core Math Standard: 8th Grade (80EE.A.1) Integer Exponents
Common Core Math Standard: HSA-SSE.A.1: Interpret expressions representing a quantity
Common Core Math Standard: HSA.REI.B.3: Solving equations … in one variable
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Trading Places: Liquid Science
Demo: 10-15 minutes
Explore the world of liquids with different densities!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
2-PS1-2 Matter and Its Interactions
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Trash Bag Vacuum
Demo: 1-3 minutes
Feel the force of Earth's atmospheric pressure!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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Traveling Water
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Watch water move itself from one cup to another without touching it!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
5-8 Content Standard B: Physical science
transfer of energy
motions and forces
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Two Track Race
Demo: 1-2 minutes
The fastest way between two points isn't always a straight line!
STEM Categories
Science
Mathematics
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
4-PS3-1 Energy
MS-PS2-4 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
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UV Beads
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Use the power of different wavelengths of light to show the true colors of your beads!
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Science
Education Standards
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Van de Graaff Generator
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Your hair will stand upright on your head with the energy from this demo!
STEM Categories
Science
Technology
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Vanishing Glass
Demo: 1 minute
Make glass disappear right before your eyes!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
1-PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
MS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Voltas Hail Storm
Demo: 1-2 minutes
See how low voltage can create a mini hail storm.
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-PS3 Energy
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Vortex Cannons
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Send rings of smoke swirling through the air!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4.Energy
MS-PS4-2 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4-5 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Water Filter
Demo: 5-10 minutes
Figure out an order of filtering to make clean water from dirty water!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
2-ESS2-1 Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-5 Earth's Systems
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Waterproof Hanky
Demo: 1-2 minutes
Use surface tension to make an ordinary piece of fabric waterproof!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
2-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
K-2-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS2-6 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
HS-ETS1-2 Engineering Design
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Wavelength Straw
Demo: 3 minutes
Create music with straws and physics!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
1-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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What's in the Box?
Demo: 5 minutes
Can you discover what is inside the box without actually being able to see inside?
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
HS-ESS2-4 Earth's Systems
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Whoosh Bottle
Demo: 4 minutes
Create a contained combustion reaction!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
5-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
MS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
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Wind Energy
Demo: 3-5 minutes
Which turbine will produce the most energy? Do the number of blades even matter? Explore the engineering of wind turbines!
STEM Categories
Technology
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Wind Powered Car
Demo: 4-5 minutes
Find out what sail will make a car move the fastest!
STEM Categories
Science
Engineering
Education Standards
K-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
4-PS3 Energy
3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
MS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
MS-PS3 Energy
MS-ETS1 Engineering Design
HS-PS3 Energy
HS-ETS1 Engineering Design
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Yeast Balloon
Demo: 30 minutes
Ever wonder why your bread has little holes in it? Watch as yeast is alive in a closed system!
STEM Categories
Science
Education Standards
3-LS3-2 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
5-PS1-1 Matter and Its Interactions
MS-LS1-5 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
HS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions
Energy
and Dynamics
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