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...
Super Bubbles
Have I mentioned lately how much I like bubbles? And also how much kids like bubbles? I didn’t think so. It turns out that it is...
Peanut Butter Science
One of my friends forwarded me a video she found online, which I am sure many of you have also seen. It involved taking a piece of coal,...
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...
It's Electric!
So I got in the mood today to electrocute a pickle, and figured it would work as an exciting demonstration for some of my students. After...