Activities & Resources

Explore a wealth of engaging STEM activities and resources that will spark your curiosity and inspire your love for science. Our hands-on activities are designed to be done from the comfort of your own home, so you can learn and explore at your own pace. With easy-to-follow instructions and accessible materials, you can dive right in and start exploring the wonders of science.

Eccentric Orbits

Measuring eccentric orbits.

Activities

Paper in Bottle Challenge

Is the bottle empty? Sure, it is empty of crumpled paper balls, but the bottle is not completely empty.

Activities, Demonstrations

This sailboat hovers above the water

How does this boat lift out of the water and why?

Phenomena

Large balls of ice can fall from the sky

How does hail stay suspended in the air?

Phenomena

Pencil Pincushion

Why do we use polythene for packing materials?

Activities, Demonstrations

Great Whites Gather in the Pacific

Trackers on great white sharks in the Pacific reveal that sharks gather in a remote location

Phenomena

Water carves slot canyon near Solana Beach

San Diego County is home to a unique geologic feature

Phenomena

Lizard tails twitch when separated from body

A lizard can severe its own tail on command

Phenomena

Green flash appears on the horizon

What causes the green flash?

Phenomena

Inertia

The Law of Inertia

Activities

Dry dock vessels can sink and float

Right under the Coronado Bridge is California's largest floating drydock.

Phenomena

Trees get most of their dry mass from the air

The Moreton Bay Fig Tree, behind the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park

Phenomena

The Fleet Science Center invites you to connect to the power of science through FLEETtv!

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