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On the first night, I saw 5 stars in the desert. On the second night, I saw 10… What do you think I saw on the third night? Combine arts and crafts, literacy, and math by making a counting book.

In this activity, learners construct three quick and simple mechanisms to start building a pop-up book. Learners fold, cut, and glue paper to make a bird beak, parallelogram, and V-fold.

In this activity, learners make their own flip book that shows real solar flares erupting from the Sun in November 2000. Step-by-step instructions are included with photos.

In this activity, learners observe the moon each night for a month and draw their observations in a Moon Watch Log.

Put the math of measurement, numbers, and everyday life into improvisational skits.

In this activity, learners construct a home-made journal with simple, everyday materials.

Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.

In this physics activity, challenge learners to lift a book with just air using a plastic bag and a straw. This activity demonstrates compressed air and forces.

In this outdoor activity, learners discover the wonders of the habitat surrounding them.

In this physics activity, learners will investigate the strength of egg shells.

This is a quick and simple demonstration about reflexes (second activity on the page).

In this activity, learners explore the strength of different shapes. Fold paper into triangles, squares, and other shapes, then experiment with how much weight they can hold.

In this simple activity, learners discover how a mere piece of paper can be used to hold up the weight of a heavy book.

In this activity (on pages 55-66 of PDF), learners fold paper into origami shapes and then combine several identical shapes into a three-dimensional structure.

In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.

In this activity, learners build bridges out of newspaper and tape to explore how structures are designed to bear loads.

With two stacks of books and a few rolls of pennies, build two kinds of bridges--a beam span and an arch span--and see how much weight each of them can hold.

In this activity, learners explore light and shadows by creating a lantern they can keep on their nightstand.

In this engineering activity, learners construct sturdy geodesic structures out of gumdrops and toothpicks. Use this activity to explore engineering principles as well as sturdy shapes and triangles.

In this activity, learners will rate the day, a book, or something else on a scale from -2 to 2. This activity works well for groups of all ages.