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Shadow Puppets
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In this activity, learners will create their own simple shadow puppets, and experiment with light and shadow while playing with them.

Boomerang
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Learners trace, cut out and fly a boomerang, outdoors or in a large indoor space.

Build a Bell Bracelet
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Learners make bell bracelets, place them on their wrists or ankles, and then dance to the rhythms and sounds the bells make. Many cultures use ankle or wrist bells to make music during dancing.

Hang Time
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Learn how to make and fly a paper helicopter! This simple activity includes a template (for the copter "blades") and instructions for folding, flying, and testing designs.

Set It Straight
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In this activity, learners build a simple tabletop seesaw to test how different variables (the position of the fulcrum, distance, weight) affect its balance under increasing weight loads.

Opti-Top
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In this activity, learners will create an optical illusion top. Learners will explore color mixing, physics and design through this activity.

Bubble Sculpting
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In this activity, learners develop spatial reasoning skills as they blow bubbles and observe what happens when the bubbles connect.

Tall Tower Challenge
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In this activity, learners will use their chosen material to build the tallest tower possible in under three minutes. This activity uses problem solving and fine motor skills to challenge learners.

Burst a Bubble
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In this activity, learners will create their own bubble solution. Learners will explore chemistry, geometry and trial and error through this activity.

Waterbottle Membranophone
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In this activity, you'll use a straw, a water bottle and a paper tube to make an instrument that's very much like a saxophone.

Polymers are Chains (K-2)
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In this activity, learners make a paper model of a polymer, then make Silly Putty, an actual polymer.

Eye Spy
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This fun activity uses simple materials such as milk cartons and mirrors to introduce the ideas of optics and visual perception.

Bobbing Eyeballs
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In this activity, learners use simple materials and basic tools to construct a special toy to explore pendulums. As the head of the toy bobs one way, the eyeballs bob the other way.