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In this activity, learners explore the history of making objects from glass and artistry of Dale Chihuly.

Experiment with friction and make bearings for a whirligig! This activity is a nice introduction to friction and bearings and demonstrates why bearings are useful for spinning.

In this two-part activity, learners map a navigation plan to get from Earth to Mars and back. In activity one, learners represent the orbital paths of Earth through dance and dramatic movement.

In this fun activity about spiders, learners build and design a spider from cardstock, straw, string, and pipe cleaners.

In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

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.

Students design and build their own parachutes in this hands-on engineering project.

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is a cloning method that involves transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell of the individual to be cloned to an enucleated egg.

In this activity, learners help a poor cartographer color in the countries on a map, making sure each country is colored a different color than any of its neighbors.

In this activity, learners listen to songs and decode hidden messages based on the same principle as a modem. As a final challenge, learners decode the binary messages in a music video.

In this outdoor activity and game, learners explore how animals adapt for survival through coloration, markings and camouflage.

Scientists use enormous wind tunnels to test the design of planes, helicopters, even the Space Shuttle.

In this activity, learners make critters out of recyclables and apply the rules of mathematics to solve genetics problems.