You can learn about gravity by making a DIY parachute for a light-weight toy. The parachute is easily made from materials around your house, and you can experiment with different strategies and objects.
Entertaining Science Experiments with Everyday Objects
First, wrap your rubber bands of different sizes around the cup so that the rubber bands act as strings over the hole of the cup. Then, pinch the sides of them together as best you can and tap them around the sides of the cup. See what sounds they make, and experiments with rubber bands of various sizes to see what sounds they make!
Searching for kid-friendly science experiments to do at home? Whether you're prepping for a fifth-grade science fair or want something fun to do with preschoolers, these cool science experiments for kids are super easy and a lot of fun for kids of all ages. Who knows, mom and dad may end up learning a new thing or two, too.
Besides, children are born scientists. They're always experimenting with something, whether they're throwing a plate of spaghetti on the wall, blowing bubbles in the bathwater, or stacking blocks into an intricate tower only to destroy it in one big swipe. As they get older, you may decide to enroll them in a FREE online coding class to get a leg up in today's digital world, a STEM summer camp, or work together on their very first (or final) science fair project. But you can actually do some pretty mind-blowing, hands-on science experiments at home using stuff you probably have lying around the house.
We're also big fans of science kits that deliver all the materials you need (and instructions!) in one box. Here are a few of our favorites that you might want to stock up on: All of the Thames and Kosmos kits, including the awesome Robotics Workshop, Crystal Growing kit, and the Electricity and Magnetism kit. The Elenco Snap Circuits kit can get young engineers going, as can a number of the Lego Robotics or Lego Gadget kits. Build a Solar Rover with 3M's science kit, and the youngest scientists might start with Playz Explosive Kitchen Lab or National Geographic's science kits, including the Build Your Own Volcano. Popular KiwiCo subscription boxes send age appropriate projects every month.
Young geeks will love to complete the challenges in this DIY book, filled with 20 different science experiments and craft projects inspired by the Star Wars universe. Using household objects, kids from 8-12+ will build their own mouse droid, a Tatooine sand globe, tabletop gliding landspeeders, and more.
(New York, New York) - Building on the most-watched quarter in the network's history in 1Q2015, Science Channel's 2015-16 Upfront programming slate promises viewers smart entertainment with unique, engaging, interactive and dynamic new series, live specials and returning programs that will redefine the science genre. Generation Science is here and now. The passion, curiosity and bold questions that define the brand are all featured in Science Channel's provocative lineup of exciting shows.
"Science and technology are everywhere and impact our lives in ways both obvious and surprising. We are thrilled to present a lineup of programs that will help our viewers engage with science and technology in fresh new ways," said Rita Mullin, General Manager of Science Channel.
Science Channel demonstrates this ideal with the debut of a visually stunning and impactful new series premiering in 4Q2015. SECRET SPACE DISASTERS explores the incredible near misses, close calls, unexpected encounters, and dangerous discoveries in the history of human space travel. Each hour-long episode will feature incredible untold stories that push science to the edge during mankind's most death-defying space missions.
Science Channel begins 1Q2016 with a bang with all-new series GEEK OUT OR FREAK OUT. Part game show and part science experiment, this series will challenge contestants' mental mettle by testing how much they really know about science. Unexpected chemical reactions, bizarre feats of physics and outrageous human stunts with out-of-this-world stakes are the focus of each episode. Taped in front of a live audience, contestants are put through the ringer as they answer questions for the most geek-tastic prizes. Those who crack under the pressure face the ultimate consequence as each "geek" could be tossed, dropped, or dunked.
Part game show, part science experiment, part amusement park, GEEK OUT OR FREAK OUT is a new kind of science show. We're putting the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology on display in a BIG way and having a whole a lot of fun in the process. Shot in front of an awestruck audience and hosted by our resident mad scientist, every episode will include unexpected chemical reactions, bizarre feats of physics, outrageous human stunts, and even some stuff launched into space. Along the way, we'll put members of the audience to the test and give them the chance to win incredible Geek Out Prizes (a personal tour of Space X anyone?). But, on GOFO we don't do anything without spectacle, and that's where the "Freak Out" part comes in. Contestants could find themselves in any number of ridiculous and sometimes terrifying contraptions. If you know you're stuff, you'll walk away with a prize. If you don't, you'll get tossed, dropped, or dunked. All in the name of science, of course.
Meet Justin Gray and his company Graywrx. If you've got a problem, Justin and his team of badass engineers, mad scientists, and tech gurus can solve it. From Twitter to Hollywood studios to a local marijuana farmer, clients come to Graywrx when the solution they need doesn't exist yet. Each episode of MACHINE MEN will follow Justin and company as they design, build, and test those solutions. As new clients come in with practical issues, you'll get an inside look into a different world, and the science required to solve the problem.
This gripping series tells the tense and dramatic stories of international and corporate spies who risked it all as they stole scientific secrets, carried out daring acts of sabotage and led double lives. Each of these true stories will have technology and science at its heart - whether through the secrets the spies are trying to steal, the techniques and gadgets they use to carry out their espionage, or the way they were caught. Produced in an immersive and highly cinematic style, each film follows the dramatic narrative of one spy operating behind enemy lines, in a high stakes game with their liberty and often their lives on the line. Using a combination of powerful interview and stylish drama recon, each episode will play out like a classic spy thriller. Tightly plotted narratives will follow compelling real-life stories that could be taken straight from a classic spy novel.
What if the time we spent playing YouTube videos also exposed us to first-hand demonstrations of some of science's fundamental principles? Science Channel proves that you can have your viral videos and your lab lessons too with the return of OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENCE, Season 4. Each episode uses popular web videos to test the principles of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. From death-defying dives from the sky, to epic explosions that rock the desert, to full-sized cars performing perfect backflips, no experiment is too extreme.
While we may be fascinated about the objects that surround our everyday, we rarely consider how they get here. In one of Science Channel's signature series HOW DO THEY DO IT? takes a behind-the-scenes look at the journey your luggage makes before it goes on the plane or the path of a letter before it arrives at its destination. Follow the complex passages of our creature comforts that we often take for granted in this highly addictive series.
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Mobility: Electric vehicles, trains, and planes are operated with electric power. However, electric drives are not only used on the road, on railways, and in the air, but also in the household. The Institute of Electrical Engineering (Elektrotechnisches Institut) presents up-to-date and historical exhibits and fascinating experiments (building 11.10).
Karlsruhe inventions in everyday life: The KIT Archives will present an exemplary room of a student, in which everyday objects are displayed, which would not exist without inventions made in Karlsruhe: Radio and television, smartphones, and many other objects will be displayed (building 10.30).
Nanoworld: The KIT spinoff Nanoscribe congratulates the city of Karlsruhe with a minute present: A 3D print of the smallest Karlsruhe Palace in the world. It is true to the very detail and measures just 10 mm. Apart from the palace and the pyramid of Karlsruhe which would have sufficient space on a human hair, Nanoscribe will present other miniaturized objects at its booth (building 20.30).
On three evenings, the first Karlsruhe Science Film Days will present scientific films. Afterwards, ZAK KIT Center for Applied Cultural and General Studies and Stadtmarketing Karlsruhe invite the audience to discuss the respective topics with scientists (June 30 to July 02). Program at www.zak.kit.edu/sciencefilmdays 2ff7e9595c
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