Levitating Astronaut

Levitating Astronaut

Let’s build an Astronaut to learn about magnetism and gravity! Students will address topics such as the forces of attraction and repulsion between magnets, and that objects are pulled downwards because of the gravitational attraction between the objects and the...
Know Your Planets

Know Your Planets

Students play a game of printable cards to become familiar with the planets of the Solar System. By playing, they learn that all planets go around the Sun and some properties about these planets. They also learn the name of the planets and their order in the Solar...
Light in a matchbox

Light in a matchbox

By building a homemade spectrometer with simple materials like a CD and a matchbox, you can discover the visible light spectrum observing it quickly and easily and discovering the colors that compose it. Resource Link Access the complete activity resource Activity...
Children’s Planetary Maps: Venus

Children’s Planetary Maps: Venus

Using planetary maps, students will be able to read cartographic information and compare the environmental conditions of Venus to those Earth. They will understand the conditions needed for life to exist, and be able to explain why it cannot exist on Venus. Resource...
The Climate in numbers and graphs

The Climate in numbers and graphs

With this activity, students can understand that climate is the long-term average of weather activity and that climate zones are defined depending on average conditions, learning to apply and interpret climate charts. Dealing with climate, students will also learn...