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Learners investigate one factor affecting reaction rates: temperature. In a darkened room, two identical lightsticks are placed in water -- one in hot water and one in cold water.

This fun activity uses simple materials such as milk cartons and mirrors to introduce the ideas of optics and visual perception.

In this activity, learners observe color mixing and absorbency using colored tissue paper and spray bottles.

In this activity, learners investigate the effect of heat on a reaction.

Many people get water from a source deep underground, called groundwater.

In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.

In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

This is a highly visual demonstration that illustrates both the effects of density and chemical reactions.

This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.

In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to view 2-D images in 3-D.

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.

In this activity about the solar system, learners use various light sources to examine ice with different components to understand how NASA studies planets and moons from space.

This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.

In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

Learners are challenged to create solutions that conduct electricity and make a buzzer buzz (or an LED light up).