Experiments and Demos from the Science Alliance

Updated 01-31-2001 More stuff is always on the way! Plenty of good links to other activity sites are at the bottom of this page.

Jean McKinney's Egg in the cup trick - from the October, 2000 meeting!

Exploration Place was the site of the March, 2000 meeting. Check out their activties for teachers! Wayne Goates' Bio & a few activities - from the April, 1999 meeting See Scott on the Bed of Nails from the March, 1999 Meeting. The Bed of Nails was brought by Shane Thompson of Butler County Community College. Thanks, Shane!

Pringles Can Spectroscopes - requires Adobe Acrobat reader (see below)

Some Spectra Links

• Spectral Analysis
• Spectra

• Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloons! - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (see below)
  Finally here on the Web after being presented by the science staff at Wichita Collegiate Middle School back in '96!

  Note: the two activities above require Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free download.
  

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• Sound Rings - off site
• Blue Sky - off site
• LASER Pointer Activities

• Making Tornadoes from the Sept. '98 Meeting

• Light, Shadows, & Color  
  • Liquid Nitrogen Demonstrations & Safety
    • The Boiling Tea Kettle
    • Shrinking Balloons
    • Ping Pong Ball Spinner
    • The Water Egg - freezing a water balloon!
    • Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

  • Jingle All the Way - a poor man's bell jar
  • Electric Floating Bubbles?
  • Antibubbles - an off site link
  • Separating Gases: CO₂ & Air

  • Density & Falling Objects - with CO₂ bubbles!
  • The popular Egg Trick. Do you know the correct explaination?
  • The Paper Bag Balance
  • The Vernal Equinox? Eggactly!

   

• Making a Cloud in a Pop Bottle
• Listening in on Lightning
  • More Weather Stuff

• Comet Hale-Bopp!

From the Exploratorium:

• Reflecting Rainbows
• Pringles Pinhole Viewer
• Water Sphere Lens
• Descartes' Diver

• Bizarre Stuff You Can Make In Your Kitchen

Fairmount Center Home Page

Looking for good teaching ideas or activities? Try Snackbook Science and Science Explorer from the Exploratorium Museum.

Go HERE to download 55 middle school science activities From the Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education!

Hang with TV's Bill Nye - the Science Guy