High School Resource The Parachute The Parachute is an activity in which students design and then conduct an experiment to investigate the effects of various factors on the rate of fall of parachutes. This learning experience was designed as a variance for the Physics Regents examination (35% Option). In addition to supporting student progress toward […]

Middle School Resource Balloon Blow-up by Exploratorium In this experiment: Pour about an inch of liquid–half vinegar, half water–into the bottle. Use the funnel to fill the ballon half full of baking soda. (If you don’t have a funnel, you can use a straw to load the balloon. Stick the straw into the baking soda, […]

Elementary School Resource Spinning Blimps by Exploratorium This activity demonstrates how to create a spinning “blimp” using paper. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.K-2.ETS.1.3, S.3-5.ETS.1.1, MST1.E.ED.1.4, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

High School Resource Electric Heart This web-based practice allows students to: see how a heart works manipulate an interactive and perform a heart transplant learn interesting facts about the heart learn how an artificial person could be created Using this resource is an engaging approach allowing students to learn about the parts of the heart […]

Middle School Resource Respiration Stations by Kinetic City How do you think oxygen gets from the air into the parts of your body that need it? How many steps do you think it takes? In this activity, students will trace the path oxygen takes from breathing to running, jumping, lifting, or anything else they need […]

Elementary School Resource The Circulatory System – Part I In this activity, the nurse/teacher will observe each child locating his or her heart and describing it as a pump. Related NY State Academic Standards: HPF.HE, HPF.HE.E.1.1.A, HPF.HE.E.1.1.B, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, […]

High School Resource Generator by PhET This simulation will allow students to generate electricity with a bar magnet. They will discover the physics behind the phenomena by exploring magnets and how you can use them to make a bulb light. Using this simulation, students will: Identify equipment and conditions that produce induction. Compare and contrast […]

Middle School Resource Circles of Magnetism I by Exploratorium In this experiment, you’ll learn that compass needles are little magnets that are free to rotate. Compasses allow us to observe the direction of a magnetic field. Normally, they respond to the earth’s magnetic field, orienting themselves parallel to magnetic field lines. If we create a […]

Elementary School Resource Magnetic Suction by Exploratorium This experiment shows how your doorbell works. A coil of wire with current flowing through it forms an electromagnet that acts very much like a bar magnet. The coil will magnetize an iron nail and attract it in a remarkably vigorous way. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.3.PS.2.1, […]

High School Resource Producing Oxygen and Chlorine Gases in a Syringe In this lab experience, students will be producing oxygen and chlorine gases in a syringe. Related NY State Academic Standards: MST4.C.C.PS3.4! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!