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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 examine fingerprints. Learners leave a hidden print on a surface and then make their own print detecting powder from graphite (found in pencils).

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.

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

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

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 art meets science activity, learners pack silver, ball-shaped ornaments in a single layer in a box to create an array of spherical reflectors.

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 chemistry challenge, learners identify an unknown white powder by comparing it with common household powders.

In this activity, learners simulate what happens to a human spine in space by making Sponge Spool Spines (alternating sponge pieces and spools threaded on a pipe cleaner).

Learners smell balloons filled with different scents to guess what's inside. From this, they infer the presence and motion of scented molecules.

In this activity/demo about piezoelectricity, learners discover how some crystals produce electricity when squeezed.

In this activity/demo, learners discover how liquid nitrogen cools a creamy mixture at such a rapid rate that it precipitates super fine grained (nano) ice cream.

Learners are challenged to discover the relative densities of colored liquids to create a rainbow pattern in a test tube.

In this physics activity, learners attempt to lift a jar full of rice using only a spoon.

This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to investigate how different materials vary in their conduction of heat.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create pictures in thin air.