🧪 Science with Sarah: Moon Dough 🌕

A space-y hands-on science experiment!

👉 Watch the video of Sarah’s school science experiment here!

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for fun way to explore space with your elementary aged kids, this experiment is for you!

Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.

Science with Sarah: Invite KSAT to your school for live science experiments. (KSAT)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

  • A round pan
  • 4 cups of flour
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • Small/medium rocks & pebbles

DO THE EXPERIMENT

  • STEP 1: Combine the flour and oil in the round pan and mix
  • STEP 2: Place the rocks onto the flour mixture and note the craters that are made on the flour
  • STEP 3: Next, drop a few rocks onto the flour mixture from just a couple of inches above the pan. How did the crater depth change?
  • STEP 4: Finally, drop a few rocks from one or two feet above the pan. What do you notice?

SCIENCE WITH SARAH

If you’d like Sarah and David to come to your school and conduct a science experiment live on KSAT, email sciencewithsarah@ksat.com.

Parents and guardians: upload a video of your child performing the activity by clicking here. Send it in and you might see it on GMSA @ 9 a.m.!


About the Authors:

Sarah Spivey is a San Antonio native who grew up watching KSAT. She has been a proud member of the KSAT Weather Authority Team since 2017. Sarah is a Clark High School and Texas A&M University graduate. She previously worked at KTEN News. When Sarah is not busy forecasting, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and cat, and playing music.

Ben Spicer is a digital journalist who works the early morning shift for KSAT.