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In this classic memory game (on pages 37-45 of PDF), learners turn over tiles to reveal images on the back.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build models to learn about the special cells and structures that plants use to move water from their roots up through the stems and leaves.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 7 days
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As a group, learners investigate three packages which are all the same size and shape, but have different contents. One is filled with foam, one is filled with wood, and one is filled with metal.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity (on pages 21-32 of PDF) has learners act out several classic brain teasers.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore a scale by comparing objects, which look similar but have different weights. Learners predict and then measure the weights of various objects using a scale.

free Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, early learners combine pre-cut recognizable shapes and their own abstract ideas to make representational pictures (e.g. houses, trees, shoes).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners sort and count different colored plastic dinosaurs by various attributes including tail length, whether or not the dinosaurs have horns, etc.

free Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners will explore the scientific mystery behind a disappearing group of trees by examining data and attempting to explain the decline.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes