Heat-sensitive liquid crystal sheets are available in a variety of sizes and temperature ranges. Purchase a class set of hand-held sheets and color half of each with a silver permanent marking pen. Learners of light can hold them under a...

Advanced lab apprentices prepare zinc and copper solutions to which they will compare the same minerals from a multivitamin. Using absorption spectroscopy, they analyze the contents of the multivitamin for concentration. This lab can be...

Pupils record temperatures at different locations around campus. They examine the results and draw conclusions about how materials and colors affect the amount of heat produced. They also analyze Los Angeles' temperature records over a...

Elementary school physical scientists explore kinetic mechanical energy by dropping a golf ball on different surfaces. They discuss how human made materials might react to light differently from nature made materials. This lesson plan...

Here is a physical science activity where pupils place thermometers inside of a white and a black paper pocket and place them under a lamp. They record and compare the temperature increase over a ten-minute period. Have your class...

Young scholars examine the techniques that may be used to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.  In this pollution instructional activity students simulate oceanic sequestration using chemistry.

Students participate in paper marbling. In this paper art instructional activity, students use shaving cream and paint to create unique patterns on paper. Students mix shaving cream and paint together then lay paper down in the...

Students experiment with a virtual solar cooker to discover the relationship between reflection, transmission, and absorption.  In this solar cooking lesson students apply what they learn to construct their own solar cooker.