How do boats float? Classify different materials and see which ones float or sink. Use this knowledge of materials to engineer your own boat and see how much weight you can carry. Students can be introduced to the concept of buoyancy.

What is Archimedes’ Principle and how does it apply to me? Learn about this famous discovery and why objects are able to float. Students will also work on their measuring skills for mass and volume. They will apply these concepts by constructing a Cartesian diver.

Give students an experience in engineering while teaching principles of physics. Introduce students to the scientific processes of experimentation and trial and error.

How can you identify a material? Students will measure and observe the relationship between mass and volume and how materials have a specific ratio. They will then apply this to calculating the amount of load a boat can hold and testing out the best boat design.

What happens when a wave encounters an obstacle? Learn about principles of light and light waves. Discover how diffraction and interference of light waves can be used to measure things.

Students will understand what an electromagnet is and how it works. They will be able to explain the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

What is the scientific method? Students will learn about this process by launching tennis balls into the air. They will make predictions, collect data, make a graph, and come up with answers based on their results.

How does light behave? Have your students figure out the different ways that light can behave with these hands-on activities. They will then look more closely at refraction and learn about Snell’s Law. An introduction to the field non-destructive testing, will have them conducting experiments to see how refraction can be used to detect damage in materials.

Introduce magnetism to young children. Explore which objects are magnetic and which are not; learn about magnetic poles and which magnets are strongest.

What is the relationship between Force, Mass, and Speed. Students will alter these variables, using Matchbox cars, to see if they can prove the second law of motion.

What is the photoelectric effect and how is it significant? Students will explore this important discovery and use it to measure Planck’s Constant.

Learn about potential and kinetic energy, as well as slope and how it affects the distance a ball will roll.

Introduce your students to longitudinal and transverse waves with some hands-on activities. They will be able to demonstrate the properties of a transverse wave while meeting one of the standards for NGSS. Students will also build their own musical instrument and run computer simulations to explore wave properties.