Want To Get Your Hands Dirty? The New Experiment Resources Page Is Here!
Here at the North Carolina Science Trail, we know you like experiments! We’ve been working hard to get you easy access to some truly great home and school resources, made with our partners. Download and print the files below whenever you need them, or search for activities from individual partners on the Science Trail. If you’re looking for homeschool partners with additional programming, many on this list provide resources specifically for homeschool families.
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Reach out to us, or individual partners, at any time with questions. We want you to experiment and learn everyday.
Experiment Ideas!
Thank you to our many NC Science Trail sites for offering these great downloads to use at home or school.
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GOHands-On Activities for Kids- Physics! Forces! Rotational Energy! Make your own PinWheel at home. Print: Front side | Back Side
- Making Flextangles
- Invisible Ink History and Experiments
- Making Sugar Snakes with Fire
- Tornado in a Jar
- Making Seed Bombs for Your Garden
- Meteorites and Impact Craters
- Make your Own Asteroid
- Storm Surge Science
- Touch the Rainbow – Sensory Science
- Paint with Gravity
- Making Cyanotypes
- Dyeing Eggs
- Make an Origami Jumping Frog
- Natural Inks/Dyes – Making Acorn Ink
- Bath Time Chemistry
- Paper Cup Planetarium
- Launching Paper Airplanes
- Plunge into Parachutes
- Rainbow Film
- Can Gravity Fail?
- Smelly Balloons!
- Solar Oven Cooking
- Candy Science
- Mushroom Spore Prints
- Pop Rocket
General Resources to Download
Adult Experiments
Nature Neighborhood Experiments: Urban Ecology
- Physics! Forces! Rotational Energy! Make your own PinWheel at home. Print: Front side | Back Side
- Making Flextangles
- Invisible Ink History and Experiments
- Making Sugar Snakes with Fire
- Tornado in a Jar
- Making Seed Bombs for Your Garden
- Meteorites and Impact Craters
- Make your Own Asteroid
- Storm Surge Science
- Touch the Rainbow – Sensory Science
- Paint with Gravity
- Making Cyanotypes
- Dyeing Eggs
- Make an Origami Jumping Frog
- Natural Inks/Dyes – Making Acorn Ink
- Bath Time Chemistry
- Paper Cup Planetarium
- Launching Paper Airplanes
- Plunge into Parachutes
- Rainbow Film
- Can Gravity Fail?
- Smelly Balloons!
- Solar Oven Cooking
- Candy Science
- Mushroom Spore Prints
- Pop Rocket
General Resources to Download
Adult Experiments
Nature Neighborhood Experiments: Urban Ecology
NC Bird Count Resources
*These resources are updated each winter:
PARC Amphibian Week Resources
*These resources are updated each May:
- Herps Scavenger Hunt
- Coloring Pages – Little Grass Frog
- Coloring Pages – Salamanders
- Coloring Pages – Barking Treefrog
- Spring peeper Observation Guide
- Southern toad Observation Guide
- Eastern fence lizard Observation Guide
- Eastern newt Observation Guide
- Brownsnake Observation Guide
- Eastern box turtle Observation Guide
- Little brown skink Observation Guide
- Amphibian Week – Education Activities
Moth Week Resources
Endangered Species Information
- Coloring Page and Science! – Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel