$12
weeklyHomeschool STEM for Kids: Experiments You Can Do at Home
Completed by 90 learners
Ages 11-15
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
1x per week
1-12 learners per class
30 min
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
Each week, students will explore a different area of physics through easy, fun and engaging experiments. Through guided inquiry and observation students will gain an understanding of physics content using common household materials. A question, discrepant event or scenario will provided for students to learn to develop hypotheses, and make observations. Students will learn about various physics concept while they safely design and perform scientific experiments at home. Students do not need to have any prior knowledge of physics. Everything will be explained during the lesson. Each lesson is a stand-alone lesson and does not build on a previous lesson. Students can pick which lessons they wish to attend. This is a subscription-based, ongoing class. You can "stop subscription" whenever you want to stop attending class. Recordings of the class will be available upon request after each lesson and students who were enrolled for that week can view a class they missed or rewatch a class at their own leisure. For this reason, my policy is not to offer a refund if a student misses a class or was unprepared for the class at the time of the session, A copy of the supply list is provided under "Learner Supply List" and is attached to the Welcome Post in the Classroom. Topics will include: First law of Motion – Inertia Experiments Second Law of Motion Experiments Third Law of Motion Experiment: Make a Marshmallow Catapult Third Law of Motion Experiments: Balloon pinwheel and Moving an Object with a Projectile Make a Toilet Tube Car Using Newtons Third Law of Motion Centripetal Force Experiments Make a Homopolar Motor Make a Battery Make an Electroscope Bernoulli Effect Experiments All About Pressure Combustion Experiments Paperclip Pendulum Seeing and Hearing Waves STEM challenge: Building a bridge with paper and a paperclip Bouyancy: STEM challenge: Make an aluminum foil boat Momentum Center of mass Pressure Total internal reflection Convection Currents Bimetals Make a compass Terminal Velocity Make a hovercraft Rotocopter Rubberband-Powered toys (energy transformations) Fidget spinner gyroscope paper rocket Why flaps and folds matter on paper airplanes
Learning Goals
Students will learn physics concepts such as Newton's Laws, Bernoulli's Law, and Electricity. Students will perform experiments safely, learn to develop hypothesis and make observations.
Other Details
Supply List
Homeschool STEM Experiments: Weekly Experiments You Can Do at Home Weekly Supply List Week of Sept 1- First law of Motion – Inertia Experiments 10 coins of the same type Paper Cardboard Golf ball or similar object Toilet paper roll (empty) Plastic cup Week of Sept 8 - Second Law of Motion Experiments Clothespin Pieces of dry spaghetti 2 objects of different masses – like blocks String Clay Toy car Stopwatch or clock with second hand Week of Sept. 15 - Third Law of Motion Experiments: Pencil Plastic spoon Tongue depressers Marshmallows or cotton balls or wads of tissue 2 rubber bands Balloon Straw String Toilet tube roll Week of Sept. 22 – Third Law of Motion Experiments Balloon Pencil Plastic cup String or yarn Tape Straw that bends 4 marbles or 2 AA batteries to use as wheels Scissors Rubberband Book Week of Sept. 29 - NO CLASSES Week of Oct. 6 - Make a Balloon Car Tube or water bottle or cardboard Empty toilet paper tube, disposable water bottle, or cardboard for body of car Balloon Cardboard circles or bottle caps for wheels Scissors Pencils or wooden dowels Tape Straw Rubberband Week of Oct. 13 – NO CLASS Week of Oct. 20 – NO CLASS Week of Oct 27: - Centripetal Force Balloon Penny plastic plate or heavy cardboard String 3 clear plastic cups Tape 2 ping pong balls Pencil Week Nov. 3 : – Make a Homopolar Motor AA battery Copper wire - stiff but bendable Several small cylindical neodymium magnets about the same diameter as the battery Week of Nov. 10: – Making a battery Salt vinegar 5-6 pennies 5-6 zinc washers (most metal washers are anodized (zinc plated) Paper cup Pencil Scissors 2 lemons or 2 potatoes (or one plus a knife to cut into 2 pieces) Alligator clips or wire Small hobby LED or voltmeter Week of Nov. 17 : – Make an electroscope Empty soda can or paper plate with clear drinking glass or clear jar with metal lid with hole punched in the cap. Plastic cup Tape Aluminum foil – thinner is better Scissors Balloon Large paper clip Tape Week of Nov. 24:– Bernoulli Effect – 2 empty soda cans 2 mugs that soda cans fit into – preferably the same size as each other Paper Scissors 2 Straws that bend prefereably 2 Balloon String Tea light and lighter or matches Ping pong ball Hair dryer Duct tape Cup with water Funnel or top of water bottle with hole in cap Week of Dec. 1: Pasta rocket – hybrid engine Glass mason jar or baby food jar with lid Nail to make a hole in metal lid round pasta – ziti match hydrogen peroxide yeast Week of Dec. 8 – All About Pressure Empty soda can Box of dixie bathroom cups – only one will get ruined Shallow bowl of ice water balloon Water bottle with cap Scissors or nail to make a hole in the water bottle Glass of water Note card big enough to cover the opening of the glass Week of Dec. 15 – Paperclip Pendulum Many paperclips of the same size A ziplock bag Pennies for weights String Stopwatch Week of Dec. 22 – Seeing and hearing waves Template of a cylinder shape – will be provided Scissors Rubber bands of different lengths and thicknesses Pencil Printout of Black and White Stripes – will be attached Shoebox or plastic cup Week of Dec 29– STEM challenge: Building a bridge with paper and a paperclip Piece of computer paper Scissors Two paperclips Bag of pennies Week of Jan 5: – Boats and Buoyancy Aluminum Foil Bowl or dishpan filled with of water Lots of pennies for adding weight Week of Jan 12 - NO CLASS Week of Jan 19 – NO CLASS Week of Jan 26– Momentum Paper or cardboard Scotch tape 3-4 Ping pong balls 3-4 Golf balls Week of Feb 2- Center of Mass Pencil Stiff Wire Corks or potato or clay Forks Bottle Toothpick Toy/object/clay to suspend from wire Robot picture printed out on cardstock (will be attached in a classroom post) - colored in if you want. Two coins (pennies) Tape Empty soda can Week of Feb 9: – Combustion Hardboiled egg or water balloon Glass bottle with opening a little smaller than the egg Paper Match or lighter Glass Shallow bowl of water Tea light Week of Feb. 16– Total Internal Reflection Glass Small ziplock bag that will fit inside the glass when held flat. Paper Permanent markers Water Penny or other coin Week of Feb 23: – Convection Currents 2 clear bottles o the same size Two different color of food coloring Cold water to fill one bottle Warm water to fill the other bottle Note card or stiff cardboard – larger than openings of bottle Paper Scissors String Desk lamp or small candle Week of March 2: – Making a Bimetallic Strip Aluminum foil Printer paper Scissors Glue Candle Lighter or matches Optional: other material sheets (plastic, copper, etc.) Week of March 9: – Make a Compass Bowl Water bottle cap Water Paper clip Magnet Week of March 16: – Paper Rocket Design Two sheets of paper Scissors Pencil Drinking straw Ruler Week of March 23: – How Fast Will it Fall? (Terminal Velocity) 2 sheets of paper (computer paper is fine) 1 coffee filter (or paper cupcake holder) Stopwatch Meter stick or tape measure Calculator Week March 30- Why Flaps and Folds Matter on Paper Airplanes Sheets of paper Ruler Scissors Something to measure distance Week of April 6: – Make a Hovercraft Pop-top lid from a water bottle or dishsoap And old CD or DVD or small plastic disposable plate Medium sized balloon hot glue or duct tape Large flat surface or kitchen counter Week of April 13 – NO CLASS Week of April 27: – Roto-Copter Paper Scissors Timer Penny Paperclip Week May 4 : – Rubber Band -Powered Toys (Energy Transformations) Empty soda can, or empty cardboard can with plastic cover Scissors or nail – to poke holes Two Rubber bands Duct tape Two small paper clips Two toothpicks Spool of thread (empty is better) 4-5 washers Water bottle (alternative to spool) Straw (if using water bottle) String Week of May 11: – Fidget Spinner Gyroscope String Pencil (straight normal number 2 pencil, not a mechanical pencil) Fidget spinner where you can expose the center hole Tape Scissors Week of May 18: Simple Machines: Levers Ruler Pencil or pen Weight of some sort like a ball of clay Optional: Spring Scale Week of May 25: Simple Machines: Pulleys Yarn or String Spools from ribbon or thread Paper clips Place to hang pulleys (cabinet or tape to table top) Weight to lift Option 2: Piece of thick foam board or cardboard and some straws or wooden dowe Week of June 1: Simple Machines - Gears Pictures of the gears printed on cardstock OR Corrugated Cardboard and cut out cardboard circles. Scissors Tape or glue 2 long pins or toothpicks Foam or cardboard
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Science from Case Western Reserve University
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Stern College for Women Yeshiva University
I have been a science teacher for over thirty years. I have a masters degree in chemistry and I love to teach children through hands-on inquiry-based experimentation. I have taught students of all ages a wide range of science content including physical science, forensic science earth science, engineering and chemistry. I look forward to teaching your child!
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