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In this activity, learners explore Boyle's Law and discover that water will boil at room temperature if its pressure is lowered.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners investigate how the temperature of water affects its density.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity about density provides instructions for making a miniature "lava lite" with just salt, oil, water, and food coloring.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use objects they find on a nature and water to make creative frozen sculptures.

free Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe the hydrologic cycle in action as water evaporates and condenses to form rain right before their eyes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe the water cycle in action! Water vapor in a tumbler condenses on chilled aluminum foil — producing the liquid form of water familiar to us as rain and dew.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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What causes frost to form on the outside of a cold container? In this activity, learners discover that liquid water can change states and freeze to become ice.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners "draw" with frozen tempera paint. The ice cubes are prepared the day before by placing watered down tempera paint and popsicle sticks in ice cube trays.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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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 quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Balloon Fiesta Activity), learners will see the effects of convection and understand what makes hot air balloons rise.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about states of matter, learners get to witness firsthand the awesome power of air pressure. They watch as an ordinary soda can is crushed by invisible forces.

free Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the relationship between cooling water vapor and condensation. Learners investigate condensation forming on the outside of a cold cup.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to help Pharaoh design a better insulated tomb.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners design their own experiment to compare how well cocoa mix dissolves in cold and hot water. They will see that cocoa mix dissolves much better in hot water. Adult supervision recommended.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners heat and cool carbonated water to find out whether temperature has an effect on how fast the dissolved gas leaves carbonated water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this fun hands-on activity, learners use simple materials to investigate evaporation. How can the evaporation of water on a hot day be used to cool an object? Find out the experimental way!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the effect of heat on a reaction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This is part 2 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity and must be done after part 1: Sedimentary Rocks. In this activity, learners explore how metamorphic rocks form.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes