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In this activity, learners make a yeast-air balloon to get a better idea of what yeast can do. Learners discover that the purpose of leaveners like yeast is to produce the gas that makes bread rise.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners experiment with the attractive and repulsive power of magnets.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 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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This open-ended art project allows learners to create their own colorful ice sculpture by using rock salt and food coloring on a solid block of ice.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners attempt to lift a jar full of rice using only a spoon.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 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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Investigate the interaction of liquids of different densities and experiment with wave patterns with this hands-on activity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore static electricity and electrical charges while experimenting with an inflated balloon, unflavored gelatin powder, and a wool sweater.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 Under 5 minutes
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In this yummy chemistry activity which requires adult supervision, learners use sugar and water to explore how crystals form.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this quick activity, learners drink Avogadro's number worth of molecules - 6.02x10^23 molecules!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 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, learners explore the concepts of density and basic chemical reactions as they create a homemade lava lamp effect using water, oil, food coloring, and Alka-Seltzer tablets.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity (page 14 of the PDF), learners gain a better understanding of how friction and mass affect objects by comparing the rotational inertia of raw and hard-boiled eggs.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity about friction as well as kinetic and potential energy.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 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 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 chemistry activity, learners will learn how to make their own pH indicator using cabbage leaves, and then test common household items with their homemade indicator.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can explore the process used to cast and mold molten metal, glass, and plastics.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours