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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design and construct a windmill to harness the power of wind.

The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.

This activity has three story puzzles learners can solve to learn about life in the Arctic.

In this activity, learners make a solar oven. Learners witness the awesome power of the sun to make a yummy treat--a chocolate chip cookie!

In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.

In this environmental activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners identify household products that are recyclable and explore the different types of recyclable plastics.

In this activity, learners make homemade journals featuring seashell rubbings. First, learners transfer the texture of a seashell onto a piece of paper using a crayon.

In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.

Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.

In this activity, learners examine ways that Native Americans of the Southwest express their relationship with nature through art.

In this activity, learners build one or more edible coral polyps and place them together to form a colony.

In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

In this activity, learners use a model for how fishing affects marine life populations, and will construct explanations for one of the reasons why fish populations are declining.

In this activity, learners take on the role of a carbon atom and record which reservoirs in the carbon cycle they visit.

Learners will build and experiment with their own windmills made from simple household materials.

In this activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Forecasting), learners will construct an air cannon by cutting a hole in the bottom of a bucket and stretching a garbage bag over the other end

In this activity, learners test and compare the physical properties of thermoplastic polymers. Learners compare different plastics based on their color, degree of transparency, texture, and density.

In this activity, learners will turn an ordinary tray of sand into a desk-top garden for meditation.