Submissions Due By: October 16 at 4:30 pm Let your inner artist shine and join us for the Cook Museum’s first pumpkin stencil design contest! We want your help to create the carving designs that will be carved onto pumpkins that will be displayed in the live animal enclosures in the Discover
Collaborative Wheeler Scavenger Hunt
All About Alabama Scavenger Hunt
Nature Coloring Sheets
Observations on Balance
Physics is one of the neatest topics in the physical sciences. It lets us discover truths about the world around us. By allowing children to play and explore they might just find out some of these truths on their own. Your child might just uncover the concept of center of gravity and balance while
Two-Minute Science: Leaves Activity
LEAF Investigations: Materials: Writing and coloring materials Notebook Magnifying glass Graph paper Take a hike through your back yard and collect as many different kindsof leaves as you can. Spread them out on a table, and in your notebook, record the following: Basic sketch
Two-Minute Science: Skin Newspaper Activity
SKIN is your biggest organ! Materials: Newsprint, scissors, and tape Instructions: With parent permission, work with a friend to wrap yourself in newspaper. Try to use as little paper as it takes to cover every inch of your skin! After you are all wrapped up, carefully take all the paper
Types of Skin Coloring Page
Layers of Skin Worksheet
Two Minute Science – The Trouble with Tornadoes Activity
Watch the Two Minute Science - The Trouble with Tornadoes video. BUILD a tornado bottle Materials: Two transparent 1-liter bottles (the kind used for club soda or seltzer work well) DIY method: Parent help, drill with a ½” drill bit, painter’s caulk, and duct
Two-Minute Science: Starting Seeds Activity
Watch a bean GERMINATE Materials: 4 or 5 beans (ex. lima or northern)Transparent glass or plastic jar with a lidPaper towels Instructions: Fold a paper towel so it wraps around the inner surface of the jar. Dampen the paper towel and put it in the jar, pressing the towel up against
Two-Minute Science: Centrifugal Force Activity
Go here to see the Two Minute Science: Centrifugal Force Video. DIRECTIONS to make swinging platform Materials: Wood or plastic platform, about 30cmx30cm Twine Plastic cups to hold water Optional: nonslip drawer liner Tools: Drill and ¼” drill bit Optional: Hot
