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In this activity, learners explore the history of making objects from glass and artistry of Dale Chihuly.

In this activity, learners explore light, color and rainbows by making their own rainbow glasses.

In this activity, learners discover the principles of edible glass by making a supersaturated sugar solution.

In this collecting/comparing activity, learners work with samples of sand from different places like a lakefront, river, or ocean beach.

Learners use a candle to investigate the products of combustion. When a glass rod is held over a lit candle, the candle flame deposits carbon on the rod.

This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.

In this activity, learners assemble large cubes to make nano-related images. Learners discover how different objects are related to nanoscience and nanotechnology.

In this activity, learners discover that our hands are not reliable thermometers.

In this optics activity, learners examine how a transparent material such as glass or water can actually reflect light better than any mirror.

This display shows the dangers of acid rain on buildings and other structures as two concrete bunny rabbits are disintegrated by sulfuric acid. Learners scrape chalk onto the concrete bunnies.

In this activity, learners simulate what happens to a human spine in space by making Sponge Spool Spines (alternating sponge pieces and spools threaded on a pipe cleaner).

Learners explore water adhesion and learn about why water molecules are more strongly attracted to some substances than others.