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In this activity, learners conduct tests for proteins, glucose, and starch.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In a series of three experiments, learners explore the basics of biotechnology using self-locking plastic baggies. Each experiment demonstrates a phenomenon or principle of biotechnology.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this science trick, learners get an egg to stand-up on its long-axis vertical to a table's top.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Do grapes, yes the grapes from the grocery store, move in the presence of a very strong magnet?

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration/activity, learners observe as a regular size marshmallow is blown through a tube made from a manila file folder.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this demonstration, adult learners create a lava lamp using beer and nuts! Use this pub-themed activity to demonstrate the effects of buoyancy and bubbles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners eat a snack and make a model of the plumbing system of a volcano.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the forces at work in water. Learners experiment to find out what happens to pepper in water when they touch it with bar soap and liquid detergent.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration, cook a cake using the heat produced when the cake batter conducts an electric current.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (last activity on the page), learners make a model of the eardrum (also called the "tympanic membrane") and see how sound travels through the air.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own rock candy. Crystals will grow from a piece of string hanging in a cup of sugar water. The edible crystals may take up to a week to form.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this genetics activity, learners discover how to extract DNA from green split peas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners model hot spot island formation, orientation and progression with condiments.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this edible experiment, learners pour "Magic Shell" chocolate into a glass of cold water. They'll observe as pillow shaped structures form, which resemble lavas on the sea floor.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics demonstration, learners are challenged to insert a straw the furthest into a potato.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this chemistry activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners make an acid-base indicator using cabbage. Learners then explore how various subtances react with this indicator.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners observe the effects of air pressure. They will watch as marshmallows inside a bottle expand as a vacuum pump removes air from the bottle.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this chemistry activity, learners are asked to form a hypothesis about the behavior of milk as household detergents act upon it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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This laboratory exercise is designed to show learners how DNA can easily be extracted from onion cells. It includes an optional test for the presence of DNA.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes