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In this outdoor, nighttime activity, learners gather around a brightly lit, white surface and study the behavior of nocturnal animals attracted to the light, particularly night fliers.

In this activity, learners use tonic water to detect ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun and explore the concept of fluorescence.

In this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways.

In this activity, learners will make their own prism and use a glass of water to separate sunlight into different colors.

In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

An ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens.

This is an activity to do when there is a solar eclipse!

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners make 3-dimensional models of the Earth and Moon.

Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.