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This is written as a static display, but can easily be adapted to a hands-on experiment for learners to conduct.

In this activity, learners make "totally tubular" forms of carbon. Learners use chicken wire to build macro models of carbon nanotubes.

This design challenge is an open-ended exploration of linkages, a group of parts connected by hinges, and the types of motion they can create.

In this demonstration, learners discover that nanoparticles behave differently, in part because they have a high surface area to volume ratio.

This activity demonstrates the specificity of viral vectors for target cells in gene therapy delivery methods using two approaches: 1) STYROFOAM® models demonstrate viral ligand binding to receptor pr

Create 3D glasses and use them to explore color, light and optics. Fool your brain into 'seeing' three dimensions on a flat surface!

In this activity, learners use multiple thermometers, placed at different angles, and a lamp to investigate why some places on Earth's surface are much hotter than others.

In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

In this activity, learners discover that the way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its structure on the nanoscale.

This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to build and examine a basic electrical circuit.

Did you know that you would be a different age if you lived on Mars? It's true!

Learners are given mysterious white powders and have to determine their identity with chemical tests.

In this activity, a spinning bicycle wheel resists efforts to tilt it and point the axle in a new direction.

In this activity, learners explore how nanotechnology is being used to create new types of protective fabrics.

In this activity, learners discover how the extent of various wind speeds changes in each of the four quadrants around a hurricane.

In this adapted version of poker, learners practice writing chemical formulas by playing this chemistry card game.

Learners experiment with a 2-liter plastic bottle containing water and four “divers." The divers consist of open, transparent containers with the opening points downward.

In this activity, learners use an old CD to construct a spectroscope, a device that separates light into its component colors.

Learners explore the concepts of equilibrium and center of mass by seeing how non-symmetrical objects balance.

In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.