SCIENCE RECIPES
Explore, create, and learn together—from home!
Kid-friendly with a dash of fun and a dollop of laughter, each recipe is custom-made for families using everyday household ingredients.
Avión Sin Alas
Si alguna vez haz hecho aviones de papel sabes que hay muchos diseños que vuelan. Esta actividad le mostrará cómo hacer un planeador con una forma única.
Tiempo: 10-60 minutos
Wingless Airplanes
If you've ever made your own paper airplanes, you know there are lots of designs that fly. This activity will show you how to make a uniquely shaped glider.
Time: 10-30 minutes
Seed Spirit!
NEW RECIPE! Find out what's inside a seed, and make a seed sphere you can plant.
Time: 10-60 minutes
Luz y Sombras
¿Qué hace que las sombras cambien de forma con tanta frecuencia? Experimente con el uso de objetos cotidianos para crear sombras sorprendentes.
Tiempo: 20-40 minutos
Shadow Tricks
What makes shadows change shape so often? Experiment with using everyday objects to create surprising shadows.
Time: 20-40 Minutes
Jelly Bean Taste Test
Have you ever heard that taste and smell are linked? Test the connections between your senses with an experiment that requires eating candy!
Time: 5-10 minutes
Piensa Rápido
Alguna vez te han dicho “piensa rápido,” y te han lanzado algún objeto? Que tan rápido reaccionaste?
Tiempo: 15 minutos
Reaction Time
Has anyone ever said “think fast!” and tossed something in your direction? How fast did you react?
Time: 15 minutes
Brain Games
NEW RECIPE! Get your synapses firing with these puzzle games to help keep your brain connections healthy, strong and growing!
Time: 5-30 minutes
Be Well!
Find out what’s happening in your body when you feel stressed or anxious, and then try three activities that can help you relax and be well!
Time: 5-60 minutes
Apples Need Skin
Use an apple as a model and try a controlled experiment to find out how skin protects our bodies from harmful microorganisms. Adult assistance required.
Time: One week, 5–10 minutes each day
When Hot is Not
Why does a 55-degree day in summer feel cold, while a 55-degree day in winter feels warm?
Time: 10 minutes
Fun with Static!
Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your head and made your hair stand up? Experiment with static electricity using items found around your house!
Time: 10-30 minutes
Color Formulas
Whether you’re mixing cookie dough or crayon colors, the amount and order of ingredients—the formula—matters.
Time: 10-30 minutes
Thaumatropes
Discover an early form of animation by making a simple optical illusion to trick your brain.
Time: 15 minutes
The Stroop Effect
Explore how your brain processes words and colors, and what happens when it gets mixed signals.
Time: 15 minutes
Dough Creatures
Explore electricity using an unexpected material! Learn about circuits and conductive materials as you use playdough to create a circuit that lights an LED.
Time: 40-50 minutes
Surface Area
How do materials act different when they're small than when they're big? Make a fizzing reaction find out!
Time: 15 minutes
Model Blood
Create your very own blood model and learn about the major components of blood and their and functions.
Time: 20 minutes
Sidewalk Solar System
How far away is "next door" in space? Make your own scale model to visualize the distance between the planets in our solar system.
Time: 20 minutes
Building Bridges
How much weight can a piece of paper hold? Test how folding your paper into different structures can make a stronger bridge.
Time: 20 minutes
The Great Race
On our planet, we find water in three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. What affects how fast water changes state?
Time: 20+ minutes
Find out what factors make water change state!
Impact Paintings
Simulate asteroid impacts with paint to find out what scientists can learn about the moon’s history and surface from its craters.
Time: 20-30 minutes
Soap Bubble Art
Can you use bubble membranes to create a work of art? This activity will show you how to create colorful artwork using the physical properties of bubbles.
Time: 20-30 minutes
Wind Detectors
Design and test a wind-detecting device in a variety of wind speeds. Will your detector show the difference between calm air, a breeze, and a gale?
Time: 20-30 minutes
Spinning Tops
Find out what it takes to make a spinning top in this engineering challenge as you design, build, and test spinning tops with everyday items.
Time: 20-30 minutes
Tall Trees
How do we measure things that are too big for our measuring tools? Harness the power of ratios and geometry to estimate the height of trees.
Time: 20-30 minutes
Small Splash
Experiment with different liquids to test the strength of sticky forces when things get super small!
Time: 20-30 minutes
Design a Grabber
Follow in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin: design and build a handy tool to get things that are hard to reach.
Time: 20-40 minutes
Build a Rover
Design and build a vehicle for exploring on another world using materials you find around your home.
Time: 20-40 minutes
Kinetic Sculpture
Learn about the physical forces that make things balance and create a kinetic sculpture that balances on your finger.
Time: 20-40 minutes
Cargo Rocket
Engineer a cargo basket to safely deliver a rocket’s payload to its destination!
Time: 20-40 minutes
Program a Robot
Robots may seem smart, but they can't do anything without a specific set of instructions to follow, called a program. In this activity, you'll practice coding, or writing a program, for a robot--without using any actual robots!
Time: 25-35 minutes
Building Tall
Become a tower-building expert by stacking everyday objects to construct a tower taller than you are.
Time: 30 minutes