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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this up-cycling activity, learners recycle plastic bags and repurpose them into useful wallets.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners use M&Ms® (or any other multi-color, equally-sized small candy or pieces) to create a pie graph that expresses the composition of air.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Did you know that a Slinky makes a handy model of earthquake waves?

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will experiment with changing flower colors. Learners will investigate the effects of acids and bases on flower colors.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this engineering/design activity, learners make a kite, fly it, and then work to improve the design. Learners explore how their kite design variations affect flight.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use simple materials to build their own compass.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will create their own coral polyps - the basis for a coral reef.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this interactive and informative group activity, learners use packages of M&M's to illustrate the difference between weather and climate.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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¡En esta tira cómica, Mateo y Cientina son detectives! Ellos usan sus destrezas investigativas para identificar de dónde provinieron algunas muestras de arena.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This demonstration/activity helps learners understand why higher elevations are not always warm simply because "hot air rises." Learners use a tire pump to increase the pressure and temperature inside

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate the energy transfer between the earth and space by using the light from a desk lamp desk lamp with an incandescent bulb and a stack of glass plates.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (page 11 of PDF), learners compare the air pressure within a dark and a light bottle both heated by the sun, and discover that solar energy can be collected and stored in many ways


$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is part 2 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity and must be done after part 1: Sedimentary Rocks. In this activity, learners explore how metamorphic rocks form.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to find out if steel wool will weigh more or less when it is burned. Learners will explore the effects of oxidation and rusting on the steel wool.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a tornado in a bottle to observe a spiraling, funnel-shaped vortex. A simple connector device allows water to drain from a 2-liter bottle into a second bottle.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore saturated solutions and discover how crystals form.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners act as the Earth and observe how different angles between the Sun, Earth, and Moon affect the phases of the moon we see each month.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this experiment, learners examine the way oil affects bird feathers and test different cleanup methods to find out which works best.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes