Making Bubble Art
Here’s a fun outside art activity for a beautiful day! Materials: Bubble solution, bubble wand or drinking straw, cups, food coloring, paper Steps: Pour bubble solution into cups and add 1-2 drops of food coloring. If you don’t have bubble solution, you can make...
It’s a North Carolina Statewide (Virtual) Star Party April 24-25!
Celebrate the North Carolina Statewide Star Party virtually and engage with the skies from home. The event was originally slated to take place Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, at many sites around North Carolina, including Kaleideum. The 2020 theme is Seeing...
Make a Liquid Kaleidoscope
Here’s a fun experiment for a chilly, cloudy day during the North Carolina Science Festival. Watch as Summit School student Marin McCauley creates a kaleidoscope of colors in milk during this Kaleideum At Home video. What’s the simple explanation for the...
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day!
April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the day in 1970 when 20 million Americans took to the street, college campuses, and hundreds of cities to protest environmental damage and demand a new way forward for our planet. The theme for Earth Day 2020 is...
Light Pollution and the Lyrids Meteor Shower
In this Kaleideum At Home video, we explain light pollution. Light pollution is excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial (usually outdoor) light. Too much light pollution washes out starlight in the night sky, interferes with astronomical research, disrupts...
Three Color Light Experiment
Did you know that in light, the primary colors are red, green, and blue? It doesn’t work the same way as paint colors do. When you mix yellow and blue light, the result is white; when you mix red and green, it makes white; and when you mix blue and red, it makes...
Engineering Challenge!
Back in February (which seems like eons ago) and with special thanks to Collins Aerospace, Kaleideum had a great time facilitating this Invention Convention Worldwide activity. We thought we would share as it’s a fun challenge for a cloudy, chilly day! ...
Meet Matchu the Chinchilla
Chinchillas are crepuscular rodents (meaning they are ‘nocturnal’ mammals who are highly active from dusk to dawn) that are native to the Andes Mountains of northern Chile. Prized for their soft fur, they take dust baths as a way of self-cleaning their...
Celebrate Science with These Two Kaleideum At Home Videos
The North Carolina Science Festival is a month-long celebration of science in North Carolina, from April 1-30. The goal of NC SciFest is to help spread science education through exciting, educational and fun, hands-on science events.