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Morphing Butterfly
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.

Photolithography
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In this activity, learners use UV light to transfer a pattern onto a plastic board. The pattern is transferred by placing a mask (a transparency sheet with the pattern) on a plastic board.

Exploring Structures: Butterfly
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In this activity, learners investigate how some butterfly wings get their color.

Musical Gloves
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Put on a pair of gloves and be the conductor of your invisible orchestra!

Kinetic Sculpture: Program the Pico Cricket to Make Your Art Light Up or Spin
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Use a Pico Cricket (micro-controller) to animate your art! You can program a Pico Cricket to make your art spin, light up, or make music.

Exploring Materials: Graphene
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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of graphene and graphite.

Pico Cricket (Tiny Computer) Activity Ideas
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This is a web page that helps informal educators brainstorm on how to use a Pico Cricket (tiny computer) in an informal activity.

Laser Projection Microscope
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In this activity, learners use a laser pointer to project a microscopic image of a liquid sample suspended from the tip of a syringe.

Exploring Materials: Nano Gold
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In this activity, learners discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.

Exploring Earth: Temperature Mapping
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This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.