Amaze Your Brain at Home!
Have no fear, the Museum is still here! Amaze Your Brain at Home and watch your favorite concepts from the Museum come to life. Join us as we share fun ways to explore nature and science at home and in your backyard – all while using the most common household objects and supplies.
SPACE
Make sure your rocket is filled up with fuel and prepare to travel the universe! Go on an adventure and explore astrobiology, learn about the Doppler Effect, and discover how constellations and ancient cultures are connected.
SPORTS SCIENCE
Get moving with science and jump into activities that highlight the incredible human body! Discover your own center of mass, get pumped up to find your heart rate, and put your hard-working brain to use for puzzling trivia questions.
EARTH SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY
Become an environmentalist and help protect our planet! Search through our green activities and discover decomposers in nature, enjoy stories about keeping Earth clean, and learn how to form homemade compost.
EXPLORE EARTH SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY
PALEONTOLOGY
It’s time for prehistoric adventures! Take a journey to the age of dinosaurs and craft your own fossils, meet real-life paleontologists, and search for ancient bones in your own dig site.
WEATHER AND NATURE
Prepare to enjoy and observe the great outdoors when you hunt for bugs in your backyard, get acquainted with butterfly mimicry, and build your own barometer!
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Check out our videos and at-home activities and learn how to engineer an electrical circuit, sing-a-long with your toddler about gravity, design a hovercraft using common household items, and much more!
At Home Activities
Good for All Ages
Milk Molecules on the Move!
Make a Non-Newtonian Fluid – Oobleck
Best for Grades 2+
Mini Water Cycle
Make Your Own Slime
Best for Grades 3+
Winter on Mars
Best for Grades 5+
Ice Albedo Activity
Best for Grades 8+
DIY Barometer
More fun to come!
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