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In this weather-related activity, learners make a portable cloud in a bottle.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a tornado in a bottle to observe a spiraling, funnel-shaped vortex. A simple connector device allows water to drain from a 2-liter bottle into a second bottle.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this hands-on botany activity, learners sprout vegetables in film canisters.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this edible experiment, learners pour "Magic Shell" chocolate into a glass of cold water. They'll observe as pillow shaped structures form, which resemble lavas on the sea floor.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity demonstrates liquefaction, the process by which some soils lose their solidity during an earthquake.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners measure and calculate the amount of cubic feet various containers contain. Next, learners investigate cubic feet per second (cps), by carrying jugs in one second.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use rice grains to model the composition of the atmosphere of the Earth today and in 1880. Learners assemble the model while measuring percentages.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use basic measurements of the Earth and pieces of rock and iron to estimate the mass of the Earth.

free Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes