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White Light and Colored Light
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for grades Kindergarten through 4
When does mixing every color under the rainbow create pure white rather than a murky brown or black? When light, not paint, is the medium—and you're subtracting, not adding, color.
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Big Dipper Mobile
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for grades 3 through 8
On Earth, the Big Dipper looks like a giant connect-the-dots puzzle page. Out in space, though, you'd have a hard time recognizing the constellation. See why with a make-it-yourself mobile.
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Einstein Books for Kids
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for grades 3 through 12
Meet one of the world's most influential scientists. Construct a compass and a flashlight. Find out how to pop through a wormhole. And further explore physics with these 10 kid-friendly titles.
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Einstein Web List
Reference List
for grades 3 through 12
Where to begin when a Web search turns up more than 650,000 sites about Einstein? Let us point you to some of the best—from Time's person of the century profile to a black hole animation.
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Eye on Einstein
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for grades 3 through 8
I spy a CD player—or is it a product of Einstein's revolutionary thinking? Actually, it's both. What other Einstein-inspired inventions can you find?
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Light, Matter, and Energy
Article
for grades 3 through 8
Who was this genius named Einstein, and where did he get all his great ideas? Find out with this virtual tour of the many ways he changed science. It might just inspire the genius in you!
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Nobody's Perfect
Article
for grades 3 through 8
Perfection certainly wasn't something to strive for, according to Einstein. In fact, he believed that messing up was a part of being successful—an idea that, itself, has proven relevance.
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Space Jell-O
Activity
for grades 3 through 8
Thanks to Einstein, we know that space bends around anything that has mass. Need help bending your mind around this concept? Mix up some Jell-O, and play with your food!
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Thinking in Three Dimensions
Activity
for grades 3 through 8
What do books, posters, TV screens, and computer monitors have in common? They all render our 3D world in 2D. Playfully explore the third dimension by building an origami waterbomb.
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Train of Thought
Activity
for grades 3 through 8
Take your imagination on a wonderful, mind-bending trip with these "thought experiments" worthy of Einstein himself. With this train, it truly is all about the journey.
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Views from Windows
Activity
for grades 3 through 8
Is life really speeding by, or is it just the vehicle you're traveling in? Stretch your imagination with a personal look at how the height and velocity of your vantage point affect the view.
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Detecting UV Light
Curriculum Materials
for grades 5 through 8
You can't see the Sun's ultraviolet rays with your eyes—you just see their results on your freckled, tanned, or sunburned skin. Build a bracelet that immediately detects these invisible rays.
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Building a Cloud Chamber (Cosmic Ray Detector)
Curriculum Materials
for grades 6 through 12
Wouldn't it be cool if you could create a rain cloud? Or call cosmic rays into view? Well, you can do both! All you need is an aquarium, a slide projector, dry ice, and a few other easy-to-get supplies.
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Building a Spectroscope
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for grades 6 through 12
White light is a mixture of all colors of visible light, but it doesn't always include every color of the rainbow. Build a spectroscope, and view the spectral fingerprints of different light sources.
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Einstein Educator's Guide
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for grades 6 through 12
Albert Einstein's life represents a world full of imagination, science, history—and the limitless possibilities of the human mind. Come prepared to explore its many facets with this museum guide.
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Einstein Educator's Guide Insert
Activity
for grades 6 through 12
Einstein said that signing the letter to President Franklin Roosevelt that urged the development of atomic energy research was the one mistake in his life. So why, then, did he sign it? Find out in his own words.
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Fusion Simulation
Activity
for grades 6 through 12
Confused about fusion? You won't be once you've completed this experiment, which demonstrates how a strong nuclear force can fuse two protons that naturally repel each other.
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Light: Its Secrets Revealed
Article
for grades 6 through 12
Did you know that when you look at a star, your eyes are capturing light that traveled all the way from the star to your eye? Learn more about how light carries information from distant objects.
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The 3-D Universe
Article
for grades 6 through 12
A 2-D map is a great guide here on Earth—and virtually worthless for finding your way around in outer space. Take a 3-D look at mapping our solar system and universe.
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Weightlessness on Earth
Curriculum Materials
for grades 6 through 12
Who said daydreams are a waste of time? One of Einstein's flights of fancy led to the equivalence principle—the knowledge that while an object is in free fall, it's free of gravity's effects.
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