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Tiny Tubes
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In this activity, learners make "totally tubular" forms of carbon. Learners use chicken wire to build macro models of carbon nanotubes.
Atoms and Matter (3-6)
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In this activity, learners build models of atoms and molecules, then consider their role in different phases of matter, density, and mixtures and solutions.
Inner Space
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In this activity, learners discover that there is space between molecules even in a cup "full" of water. They first fill a cup with marbles, and then add sand to fill the gaps between the marbles.
Rutherford's Enlarged: A Content-Embedded Activity to Teach about Nature of Science
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This paper describes a working-model demonstration of Ernest Rutherford's 1911 experiment about the nature of atoms.
Atomic Mobile
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Learners make a mobile model of a carbon atom using clay, wire, and pipe cleaners.