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Make snack time into measuring time and learn to read Nutrition Facts labels. Try this when you’re using “pourable” foods, such as cereal, yoghurt, or juice.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most to learn about the different sizes of dinosaurs.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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In this nutrition and estimation activity (page 12 of PDF), learners estimate serving sizes of different foods and compare their estimates to serving size information provided on nutrition food labels

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of dinosaurs. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most. Then, learners estimate the size of a Triceratops and T.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct hand-held altitude trackers. The device is a sighting tube with a marked water level that permits measurement of the inclination of the tube.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity about the brain and sleep (on page 138 of the PDF), learners measure their resting breathing rates. Learners will discover that breathing frequencies vary amongst individuals.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will decide together on a question about how far, long or high the group could reach together.

free Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners take measurements and create charts to learn about the size of dinosaurs and their relative scale to humans.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Soccer Ball Kick) is a full inquiry investigation into transfer of motion.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners interpret three trackways and use measurements and a formula to infer the relative speed of dinosaurs.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore conservation of energy by experimenting with a solar cell light device.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

free Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this math lesson, learners explore the real world meaning of slope. Learners conduct a balloon experiment in which they measure the circumference and flight time of deflating balloons.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this lab activity, learners explore how to initiate a density current. Learners measure six flasks with different concentrations of salt and water (colored blue).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity about heart health (on page 27 of the PDF), learners measure their heart rates after a variety of physical activities and compare the results with their resting heart rates, and with

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor biology and math activity, learners estimate the size of a population of organisms too numerous to count.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in teams to investigate the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force as described in Newton's second law of motion.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 12 of the PDF), learners make a sundial (shadow clock) appropriate for their geographic location in the northern hemisphere and use it to tell time.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners investigate the sense of sight and develop and conduct their own experiments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate various appliances and electronics, discovering how much energy each uses and how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released to produce that energy.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours