Public engagement resources for the Monday April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse
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Short Activities
Short activities are brief hands-on experiences lasting less than 15 minutes for small groups of people.
They are often presented at a table, cart, or demonstration space in a variety of settings such as a museum exhibit gallery, classroom, or other public or group setting. Multiple short activities can be combined to form a longer activity.
Exploring Materials - Hydrogel
In this activity, learners discover how a super absorbing material can be used to move a small object.
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Exploring Size - Powers of Ten Game
In this activity, learners compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.
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Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics
In this activity, learners investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.
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Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes
In this activity, learners use a flexible magnet as a model for a scanning probe microscope.
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Building with Biology: VirEx Delivery
In this activity, learners explore the potential for engineered viruses to deliver beneficial, targeted genetic information to sites throughout the body.
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Exploring the Universe: Orbiting Objects
In this activity, learners experiment with different sized and weighted balls on a stretchy fabric gravity well.
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Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light
In this activity, learners discover how colored filters can help reveal more about an image and we can use light and filters to learn more about an object.
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Exploring the Universe: Expanding Universe
In this activity, learners pull at the edges of a stretchy model universe and see that the space between objects in the universe is expanding.
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Exploring the Solar System: Story Blocks
Every space mission has a story. In this activity, learners use blocks to tell a creative story about planning a space mission to explore the Moon together.
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Exploring Structures - DNA
In this activity, learners create a necklace of wheat germ DNA to explore self-assembly
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