Search Results

In this activity, learners build inexpensive kaleidoscopes using transparency paper and foil (instead of mirrors).

In this activity, learners build a mini dancing robot. This engineering activity introduces learners to electricity, circuits, switches, conductivity, and motors.

In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

In this physics activity, learners build a toy with a figure that spins around like a gymnast on the high bar.

In this activity, learners write invisible messages on goldenrod paper, and make the message appear and disappear using acids and bases.

In this activity on page 8 of the PDF, learners make a slimy substance very similar to mucus, and sprinkle it with glitter to imitate the way that allergens are trapped.

In this activity, learners act as epidemiologists by mapping the prevalence of HIV/AIDS worldwide.

Learners examine the manufacturing process while they make picture frames from cereal boxes.

This activity (on pages 13-18) has learners build a model tree and then figure out how to make their tree stand up by itself.

Build your own version of a favorite carnival game, in which a marble races down a maze consisting of rows of nails.

This reading and writing activity (on pages 2-9) teaches what plant parts should be avoided, how a person can get rid of toxins, symptoms of plant poisoning, and how plants create poisons to repel pre

Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!

In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.

In this activity, learners explore electricity and conductivity to find that many things conduct electricity including copper, pencil lead, fruit, play-doh, and even people!

This outdoor activity/field trip requires a place where minnows swim, such as a local pond or brook.

In this activity, learners design a flag for a chosen or assigned planet. The instructions include information about flags on Earth, and a list of flag references.

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is a cloning method that involves transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell of the individual to be cloned to an enucleated egg.

Learners conduct a "blind" taste-test of several types of enhanced or fitness water drinking water that has commercially added substances like vitamins, sugars, or herbs.

In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

In this activity, learners explore the properties of paper by constructing and modifying paper airplanes.