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In this activity, learners investigate convection by using food coloring and water of different temperatures.

Get a roll of pennies, throw them on the ground, then remove those that only show tails, and repeat with the ones left over.

Learners place water and part of an antacid tablet in a film canister. The reaction creates a gas reaction that launches the film canister like a rocket.

In this quick activity, learners explore static electricity using a plastic comb, wool cloth, puffed rice, and a plastic bag.

In this activity, leaners build their very own rainsticks, an instrument filled with pebbles and seeds that create sounds like falling rain. Save costs by using material found around the home.

Learners follow the template to build and fly a paper helicopter.

In this activity, learners cut wells in JELL-O© and load the wells with different detergent solutions.

In this design challenge activity, learners use two helium-filled balloons to build a blimp that can travel in a straight path across the room.

Learners build pan pipes out of drinking straws by cutting them to different lengths. Then, learners make music by blowing across the straws and playing some well-known songs.

In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners observe as two parallel, current-carrying wires exert forces on each other.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners experiment with marbles and weights to discover some basics about gravity and black holes.

This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity) is a full inquiry investigation about the different causes of glacial melt.

In this physics activity, learners will explore buoyancy.

Learners use compasses to detect the magnetic field created by current moving through a wire. This is one of four activities learners can complete related to PhysicsQuest 2008.

In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.

In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners test to see if saliva is necessary for food to have taste.

Everybody loves messy science, and Flubber is a favorite of both COSI employees and guests!

In this activity, learners investigate the relative growth of lengths, areas, and volumes as cylinders are scaled up.

Learners experiment with water gel crystals, or sodium polyacrylate crystals, which absorb hundreds of times their weight in water. When in pure water, the water gel crystals cannot be seen.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the value of supernovae in the universe.