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Citizen Science: SciStarter Projects
Citizen science enables people from all walks of life to advance scientific research! Find projects that match your community's interest, collect data from your local area, and engage in citizen science using SciStarter resources! 0
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A Wonderful Weather Story
Practice the parts of speech as you write a silly story about the weather. 0
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Solar Energy
Two bottles -- one painted black, the other painted white -- are covered with balloons and placed in bright sunlight. 0
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Windy City Tower
1 Review(s)Participants learn about lateral forces, strong building design, and wind tunnel testing as they plan out and make a paper tower that meets specific design constraints and withstands as much wind as possible without sliding or toppling over. 1804
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How-to Video Family Take-home Activity A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home. -
Edible Destruction
2 Review(s)Participants use snack foods in an engineering design challenge to create simple structures (6” or taller) and test – and refine – the structure’s ability to withstand “earthquakes.” 4048
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Family Take-home Activity A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home. -
Surviving Storm Surge
2 Review(s)Children play the role of engineers as they build a model scene of a paper house on a play dough "coast" and inundate it with flood water to see if the house they made can withstand the rising tide. 2738
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How-to Video Family Take-home Activity A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home. -
Mini-Landslide
1 Review(s)Participants explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of differing severity. 1307
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Family Take-home Activity A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home. -
Awesome Fossils
In this activity, patrons investigate model "rocks" to excavate "fossils" and learn about how paleontologists study fossils to learn about ancient landscapes 0
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Fossil Formation
Patrons discover how fossils are formed by creating their own fossils out of bread and gummy candy fish 0
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Earth's Magnetic Field
Patrons learn about Earth's magnetic field and the animals that use magnetic homing (detecting patterns in Earth's magnetic field to find their way over long distances) by creating a "turtle" and a magnetic map of its habitat. 0
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Animal Remix
1 Review(s)Design a mythical animal through collage and illustration! This activity builds creativity as children combine items in new ways. 373
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Adaptations of Cave Critters
In this activity, patrons explore their creativity while they learn about a cave environment and create an organism that lives there! 0
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