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Control a Bird’s Flight
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In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

Crystal Creations: Grow Spikes of Crystals in the Sun
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This activity shows you how to make amazing crystal spikes using Epsom salt and the sun.

Is It Living?
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This activity (on pages 10-12 of the PDF) encourages learners to consider what makes living things different from non-living things.

A Better Fly Trap
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In this activity, learners observe fly behavior and then build a flytrap.
River Catcher
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In this activity (located at the top of the page), learners make an easy river strainer and see what they can catch.

Statistics: Steppin' Out
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In this math lesson, learners construct box-and-whisker plots to analyze and compare data sets. Learners investigate whether or not long-legged people run faster than short-legged people.

Sled Kite
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In this activity, learners build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing.

Pot-in-Pot Refrigeration
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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners create a low-tech refrigerator that requires no electricity to keep food from spoiling.

Cool Tool
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In this activity (on pages 10-17), learners discover how scientists study biodiversity and the health of the environment based on inspection of small areas—a process known as sampling.