Balloon Hovercraft
In this activity, students explore Newton’s Third Law of Motion (“for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”) by building a hovercraft.
Balancing Pencil Challenge
In this exploration, students are given washers and wire and challenged to balance a pencil on their finger.
Air Cannon
This activity is designed to get students thinking about what happens when air moves. Sometimes it is difficult to think about air and what it does because it is invisible. The air cannon is a way to ‘see’ air as it moves objects within its ‘blast zone’.
Boomwhacker Orchestra
In this activity, students will unveil the relationship between pitch and instrument length by playing a musical instrument.