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In this geology activity, learners create a model using a mixture of salt and sand inside a CD case. When the case is tilted or inverted, the mixture dramatically sorts into a layered pattern.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this collection of demonstrations, learners explore Newton's Laws of Motion.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this physics activity, learners conduct two experiments to explore free-falling.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners observe as a bottle is placed on a table with wooden hoop balanced on top and a pencil balanced on top of the hoop.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners try pouring water out of a regular cup and a miniature cup. It’s harder than it sounds! Learners discover that different forces dominate at different size scales.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics demonstration, learners will be surprised when a handkerchief holds water in an upside-down glass.

free Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners discover that a magnet falls more slowly through a metallic tube than it does through a nonmetallic tube.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners watch as a device drops a ball into a cup without touching the ball or cup, even though the ball and cup are virtually side-by-side.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners recreate Galileo's famous experiment, in which he dropped a heavy weight and a light weight from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to show that both weights fall

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

free Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how parachutes are used to slow down moving objects. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own parachutes out of everyday items.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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Build a catapult that transforms the potential energy of a twisted rubber band into kinetic energy. Experiment with design variations so that you can hit a target with a projectile.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this online activity, learners build their own system of heavenly bodies and watch the gravitational ballet.

free Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners construct a small-scale version of a classic carnival game.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use simple materials and basic tools to construct a special toy to explore pendulums. As the head of the toy bobs one way, the eyeballs bob the other way.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners assemble and/or investigate a pendulum "snake." Several large steel hex-nuts are suspended on strings of successively increasing length to form a series of pendulums

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18
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In this activity, learners will use magnets and household items to create a structure that allows paperclips to appear like they are floating.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners attach an egg to a rubber-band bungee cord and drop the egg.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes