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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make their own prism and use a glass of water to separate sunlight into different colors.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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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.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners use tonic water to detect ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun and explore the concept of fluorescence.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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This is a guide for facilitating interaction at a touch tank with marine animals. The instructions are for setting up a display in an informal science center, but could work anywhere.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Just like birds, some dinosaurs had air-filled (pneumatic) bones, which made the dinosaurs' skeletons lighter.

$1 - $5 Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners add food coloring to hot and cold water in order to see how fluids at different temperatures move around in convection currents.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Some bugs can walk on the surface of a lake, stream, river, pond or ocean.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners use candy pieces and a cookie to make an accurate model of the Sun they can eat. Parts of the delicious model include solar granules, sunspots, and solar prominences.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity features two connected hands-on activities about dinosaur bones.

$1 - $5 Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners explore a bucket of sand and beach objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes