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In this activity, learners use simple tools to build a bookshelf with a built-in bookend.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process and the basic mechanics behind building bridges as they build one themselves using gumdrops and toothpicks.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create their own obstacle course based on Bernoulli's Principle and try to get a floating ball from the start of their course to the finish line.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use the design thinking process to design and build their own aqueduct, or water bridge.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners experiment with water gel crystals, or sodium polyacrylate crystals, which absorb hundreds of times their weight in water. When in pure water, the water gel crystals cannot be seen.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners drop a magnet through a coil of wire to create electric current in a circuit. LEDs in the circuit allow learners to detect the direction of current flow.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes