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Social Distance Learning Project: Color Eruptions
Today’s Project: Color Eruptions Video Tutorial: color eruptions This activity shows a chemical reaction! You’ll need: 3 different cups of vinegar each with a different food coloring, baking soda on…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Build a Hand Crank
Simple machines are used to reduce effort (force), making a task easier to complete. Think of our bucket on the Museum’s boat raised by a pulley! Simple machines can easily be…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Jellybean Engineering
Building structures with marshmallows is a classic engineering project, but there are countless ways to adapt it to what you have on hand. This time around we are using jellybeans…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Build a Scale
Today’s Project: Build a Scale Video Tutorial: scale video You’ll need: a cardboard tube (toilet paper roll or paper towel roll both work), some coins, rubber band, tape, a ruler…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Surface Tension Art
Today’s Project: Surface Tension Art Video Tutorial: surface tension art This is a fun way to learn about surface tension incorporating arts and crafts, science – it’s a little bit…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Spin Art
An adult needs to do some preliminary gluing, but then it’s time to turn the kids loose! This activity has a tendency to get a bit messy from all the…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Bouncing Egg
Today’s Project: Bouncing Egg Video Tutorial: bouncing egg This is a super cool experiment to conduct over a couple days! This experiment will show the results of a chemical experiment…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Floating Egg
Here’s a quick and easy science experiment you can do with items that you likely have on hand! Video Tutorial: floating egg DIRECTIONS: Fill a tall drinking glass ¾ full…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Design a Town
This is a wonderful open-ended project that can span days and can be used as a foundation for imaginative play even longer. The idea is to get the kids thinking…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Cloud in a Jar
These rainy April days are a perfect time to introduce kids to the concept of weather, and this simple experiment makes it easy for them to understand. No galoshes required!…
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