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In this activity, learners will make a marionette puppet and put on a show. Learners will explore color, design, fabrication and storytelling through this activity.

In this activity, learners will create their own percussion instrument with recycled materials. Learners will explore design, fabrication, cause and effect and sound through this activity.

In this engineering activity, learners explore simple machines and then build cardboard automata using cams.

In this fun hands-on activity, learners whip up a batch of cyber-dough (play dough) using math for measurements.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of rotational equilibrium. Learners work in teams to estimate and determine the force within a mobile design.

This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Kites) is a full inquiry investigation into how a kite’s shape affects its performance.

In this math lesson, learners count and compare amounts of money less than or equal to one dollar.

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

In this math lesson, learners participate in a variety of activities that give them experience in recognizing, describing, and extending repeating and arithmetic patterns.

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

Create airplanes from straws and geometric shapes. Test them out to see how far they can fly, or how accurately they can be aimed.

The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.

In this activity, learners create 3D geometric shapes using straws and pipe cleaners.

In this activity, learners discover that some things only stand up while they are spinning.

This activity is a hit for family events and all ages—some will finish in 45 minutes; others can go on for hours.

In this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale.