Fun April Vacation Activities
Here we are, and it’s almost April school vacation week. Hopefully some people have information about what they are doing with their...
Popsicle Science
Here is another cool experiment that actually works as well in real life as it does on YouTube videos: kinetic popsicle sticks. What does...
Light it Up!
Continuing along in the categories of other things I have seen on youtube that I tried to reproduce in real life, I saw a video on...
All About Orbeez
OK I decided it would be a good opportunity over the weekend to play with orbeez. Orbeez, for those people who may not be familiar, are...
Black Snake Demonstration Idea
Another fun activity to do as a demonstration in class (although not at home) (also it may require a fume hood) is to take a Coke can and...
Cracking the Code
I decided to learn to code using Python. Now, this may not be a big deal in the life of people who actually know how to code, or in the...
December Weekend Fun
Did you know there is a Thomas the Train exhibit currently underway at the Boston Museum of Science? 2/5 of the science family is...
Rocket Making 101
So you are thinking you want to make a rocket…. or maybe not you, but you have an elementary-school aged child who has made rockets, or...
Fireworks
So how do fireworks work anyway? I know this is very delayed from July 4th, when I first thought about writing a fireworks-related post,...
June Weekend Part IV
This weekend is the start of Free Fun Fridays, where now through the end of August, you can get access to a variety of locations around...