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This hands-on activity shows you how to make a shaker -- a small instrument with a big sound! Fill it with beads or even pennies for a cool sound.

This activity provides instructions for making an aircraft that can really fly using a straw and paper hoops!

In this activity, learners will experiment with textures, shapes, and materials and create their own unique masterpieces.

In this activity, learners will create a home for animal friends in their backyard using recycled materials. Some material suggestions include: pine straw and twigs.

In this activity about archaeology, learners will explore different Egyptian hieroglyphs and recognize their meanings and uses.

In this activity learners will build a neighborhood out of blocks and cardboard.

Use this activity (13th activity on the page) to introduce learners to the sense of touch. Learners collect objects of varying textures like feathers, rocks, sand, etc.

In this activity, learners will turn an ordinary tray of sand into a desk-top garden for meditation.

In this outdoor activity, learners discover the wonders of the habitat surrounding them.

Create 3D glasses and use them to explore color, light and optics. Fool your brain into 'seeing' three dimensions on a flat surface!

In this activity, learners make their own bath bomb fizzies and experience what happens when they mix a base and an acid.

In this activity, learners create a straw oboe to explore sound and pitch.

In this simple activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners make a crystal garden using salt, water, and a brick.

This activity provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain stick, a musical instrument originating in South America.

Learners will follow a specific process to make their own paper using scrap paper, newspaper, or junk mail.

Learners will explore the chemistry of mucous and its importance to our health by following a process to make their own replica "snot." The activity includes a time and age recommendation, a materials

In this activity, learners create music from a series of bottles filed with water. Learners discover that the sound produced by each bottle depends on the amount of water in the bottle.

In this activity, learners will repurpose an old t-shirt to create their own yarn or string.

In this activity, learners explore the concepts of density and basic chemical reactions as they create a homemade lava lamp effect using water, oil, food coloring, and Alka-Seltzer tablets.

In this activity (on pages 15-18 of PDF), learners make a life-size two-dimensional paper model of their own skeletons.