The Couch Potato Lab
The Couch Potato Lab (CPL) are online episodes that cover curriculum-based content in fun and creative ways through experiments, demonstrations and activities!
Latest Couch Potato Episodes
Taxonomic Logic
In this activity, students will use coding logic in combination with biological concepts to classify organisms and the things around them.
Conditional Cards
Students will explore and learn how to use conditionals and logic to create their own card game! When describing coding and the logic behind it, many people will say that it is a set of rules and commands. With this in mind, it makes sense to have students create the rules using the coding language to create their own personalized games.
Solid or Liquid? That is the question.
Cloud dough and Oobleck, are non-Newtonian fluids that do not follow Newton’s Law of Viscosity. What does that mean, you may ask? Join us on this Friday Fun Day to learn all about solids and liquids!
Shocking Static Electricity Tricks
Are you ready to bend water, separate salt and pepper, fly butterflies, and spin paper! The let’s get ready to try out these cool science static electricity tricks!
Fly Me A Kite
Let’s learn all the ups and downs of flying kites! Kites rely on forces of lift and thrust to fly in the air, similar to airplanes. Are you ready to go fly a kite?
Catch The Wind
Are you curious about how fast the wind is? We will “catch” and measure the speed of the wind, with our own hand made cup anemometers! Let’s start!
This activity was derived from https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/make-anemometer/.
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