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Fantastic Four: A Math Card Game
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This is a game that is sure to sharpen players' basic math skills. Players must use four randomly selected numbers to create an equation that equals a fifth number.

Breaking the Code: Mayan Math
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This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

Paper Cup Stool
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In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

Ant Super Strength
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In this activity, learners compare their own strength to ants through a series of physical tests.

Weight in Space
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In this activity, learners are challenged to calculate their own weight on various planets using a scale and calculator. Older learners may be challenged to do so without using calculators.

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

Pico Cricket Compass
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Learners can program a compass to draw a circle by itself using a Pico Cricket, some Legos, and lots of tape! Pico Cricket is required.

Measure the Sun's Size
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In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

Toilet Paper Solar System
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In this activity, learners build a scale model of the solar system using a roll of toilet paper.

Home Water Audit
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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

Slide Rules
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.