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This is an online game about the complexities of farming. Learners will "draw" cards and make decisions about how to take care of their farm.

During this activity, learners take part in a variety of tasks which involve moving and balancing different body parts.

This activity shows learners how computers use numbers to represent pictures. A grid is used to represent the pixels (short for picture elements) of a computer screen.

Align four color transparencies, each one a single color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and see a beautiful full color image.

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.

This activity has three story puzzles learners can solve to learn about life in the Arctic.

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

Learners use M&Ms® (or any other multi-color, equally-sized small candy or pieces) to create a pie graph that expresses the composition of air.

In this activity, learners use a simple trick of perspective to dress friends in tiny cutout clothing. Learners make tiny pants out of card stock and tape them to the end of a stick.

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.

This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

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

In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.

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

Learners make their own paper. They start by shredding old newspaper, clean toilet paper, and clean paper towels.

Learners design and create musical instruments from common objects; their challenge is to create an instrument that can make three different tones.

This activity shows learners (with adult supervision) how to make a Glitter Globe, a fabulous toy that shimmers when you shake it.

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!

This activity is on page 10 (continued on the right side of page 11) of the pdf, part of the Forest Animals Discovery Box. In this game, learners act out the food web.