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Learners set up books with rubber bands stretched between the books. When two identical books are stretched apart and released, they move back toward each other an equal distance.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct speedy vehicles made out of paper plates and powered by twisted rubber bands.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity about Newton's First Law of Motion - a body in motion tends to stay in motion, or a body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners engage in close observation of falling objects. They determine it is the amount of air resistance, not the weight of an object, which determines how quickly an object falls.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity related to Newton's Laws of Motion, learners build a boat powered by a propeller in the air.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this physics activity (page 10 of the PDF), learners will explore how energy from moving water can be used.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes