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It's all Done with Mirrors
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the path of light as it reflects off of mirrors and how this is used in telescopes.

Corner Reflector
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In this optics/mathematics activity, learners use two hinged mirrors to create a kaleidoscope that shows multiple images of an object.

Sensory Hi-Lo Hunt
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In this outdoor activity, learners use only their senses to to find the extremes of several environmental variables or physical factors: wind, temperature, light, slope and moisture.

The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.

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

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