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Although we may not admit it, all humans fart or pass some gas. In this activity, learners make their own model to mimic food passing through intestines and discover what releases gas.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore different types of fossils by making their out of dough and objects from around the house.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make a model of the solid Earth's layers that's good enough to eat! Learners use tasty foodstuffs to simulate Earth's inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how eating unhealthy food can damage a heart and arteries.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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The Ancient Egyptians used a naturally-occurring salt from the banks of the Nile River, called natron, to mummify their dead.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity provides a hands-on experience with a scale model, a relatively high viscosity fluid, and feeding behaviors.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own edible DNA double helix out of candy and find out about the shape of DNA.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners recreate the lunar phases using the frosting from Oreo® cookies and place the phases in order. Round cream cheese crackers can also be used if cookies are not an option.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners thread gumdrops together to make a model of a polymer.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This hands-on activity shows you how to build basic architectural shapes out of toothpicks and gumdrops.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 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 (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 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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No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this environmental education demonstration (page 6 of the PDF), learners will see a tangible representation of the scarcity of soil resources on earth.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use colored candy to represent subatomic particles and make a model of an atom (Bohr model).

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use marshmallows and gum drops to construct seven models of molecules. Learners classify (solid, liquid or gas) and draw diagrams of the molecules.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners separate the components of Gatorade using a home-made affinity column.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes