Expanding Your Senses There are 17 items.
These activities focus on using patrons’ 5 senses of touch, smell, sight, sound, and taste. How are these senses used in observing scientific data? Patrons will learn how to apply these senses when approaching scientific work.
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A Solid or a Liquid - What is the Mantle Like?
1 Review(s)Is the Earth's mantle a solid or a liquid? Participants compare and describe the properties of silly putty and ooblek, comparing it to the layer of Earth that the crust flows on. 1591
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After School Universe Session 4- Invisible light
Participants travel to different stations to learn about visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light and discover that "invisible" light is just as real as "visible" light! 0
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Discovering Senses Lesson Plan
Learners explore taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight. The activity offers connections to the Wild Kratts TV show. 0
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Dust Busters
Participants collect samples of particles in the air on adhesive tape then examine it under a microscope. 0
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UV Bead Bracelet Experiments: Learning about...
2 Review(s)Participants make bracelets using UV beads to learn about ultraviolet light. 3260
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See the Light
Explore light and color in Earth’s atmosphere with a simple hands-on investigation using a prism, glue stick, and pen light. 0
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What's Hidden Inside
Participants use strategies and tools to determine what object is hidden inside of a sealed paper bag. 0
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Art and the Cosmic Connection
3 Review(s)Using NASA imagery, participants use images as inspiration for artwork while learning about geology of planetary bodies and moons 8817
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Investigating the Insides
Investigate the composition of unseen materials, using a variety of tools, as an analogy to how scientists discover clues about the interiors of planets using spacecraft. 0
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Recipe for a Comet
2 Review(s)Create a “comet” using dry ice and household ingredients and use (optional) tools to observe how it models the features of a real comet. 3442
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Shake, Rattle, & Roll
Children learn about cause and effect as they experiment with materials and containers to design, build, and play their own unique shaker! 0
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Tech on the Go: Magnification
Use a camera phone and a magnifying lens to compare and document observations of the natural world and notice how technology can change perception. Children will practice communicating ideas and will build motivation to learn more about something of their choosing. 0
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