Announcing the Share Science Clubhouse

Alongside our video content and local outreach workshops, we have been looking for ways to put science into the hands of students rather than just their screens. The result is the Share Science Clubhouse, a new section of the site where every activity comes with a full materials list, printable step-by-step directions, and an activity sheet for recording what happens.

Activities are targeted at ages 7 to 12, aimed at the grown-up or teacher running them, and most use what is already in the kitchen drawer. We plan to publish a new one roughly every quarter.

The first is “Make a Snake Skin You Can Peel.” Children brush white glue over a rubber snake, let it dry, then peel off a transparent skin carrying a print of every scale. It comes away in one piece and rolls itself inside out, the same way a real snake sheds, which leads into why snakes shed at all: keratin does not grow, so the animal has to climb out of a covering it has outgrown.

You will find it at sharescience.org/clubhouse, with both printable guides ready to download. We offer some supply options through Amazon links, and anything earned supports Share Science programming. Stay curious!