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In this activity, learners slide shapes to create unusual tiled patterns.

In this craft activity, learners will recognize, name, and compare the fractions 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 by constructing a penguin out of portions of paper circles.

In this activity, learners create their own constellations and star patterns and write a short, descriptive story explaining the significance of their star pattern/constellation.

In this activity, learners create a traditional Mexican noisemaker (a matraca) using cardboard, craft sticks, and a wooden dowel.

In this math lesson, learners practice reading charts and graphs by creating and interpreting glyphs.

In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.

In this activity, learners build a mini crank machine to make a bird "fly." This engineering activity introduces learners to automata, rotational motion, cranks and cams.

In this math lesson, learners follow step-by-step directions for making tangram pieces out of folded and torn paper. First, learners read "Grandfather Tang's Story" by Ann Tompert.

In this math lesson, learners explore the concept of using units to measure length.

In this activity, learners make mobiles to explore the concepts of balance, counterbalance, weight, and counterweight.

In this math activity, learners create symmetrical designs for paper models of special blouses known as huipiles.

In this activity, learners explore properties of water and watch evaporation happen by "painting" with water in the sun.

In this science and language arts activity, learners study fish anatomy and make their very own 3D paper fish.

This is a tape and glue activity in which learners make binoculars that they can decorate and then use to go bird watching.

This activity guide features three related explorations to help learners ages 3-6 investigate shadows via the following science concepts: A shadow is made when an object blocks the light; you can chan

In this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways.

In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Garbology Activity), learners will prepare sheets of homemade recycled paper from several different source pulps.

In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing tube zithers, stringed instruments from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

In this activity, learners explore color, light and shadow by creating their own puppets to hold in front of a light source.

In this activity (located on page 6 of PDF), learners observe and reproduce the distinctive physical features (i.e. plates, sharp spikes, long necks, deep jaws, claws) of their favorite dinosaurs.