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In this activity, learners will explore the physics of liquids and gas by playing with both! Learners of any age use their own breath to move drops of water across a smooth wax paper surface.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make water rockets to explore Newton's Third Law of Motion. Learners make the rockets out of plastic bottles and use a bicycle pump to pump them with air.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners race small boats, made of cork, balsa wood, popsicle sticks etc., to investigate the rate and direction of currents in a stream or creek.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement of waves and currents off a sandy beach.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners make their own organic-rich soil. Depending on where this activity is done, learners will probably discover that their local soil is low in organic matter.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes