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In this multi-part activity learners examine non-point water pollution.

free Ages 6 - adult
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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how water behaves differently when it comes in contact with "nano sand" and regular sand.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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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 lab activity, learners explore how to initiate a density current. Learners measure six flasks with different concentrations of salt and water (colored blue).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore basic information about thermodynamics by experimenting with ice. Learners will compare ice melting rates on metal pans or plastic cutting boards.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners measure and calculate the amount of cubic feet various containers contain. Next, learners investigate cubic feet per second (cps), by carrying jugs in one second.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the forces at work in water. Learners experiment to find out what happens to pepper in water when they touch it with bar soap and liquid detergent.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will discover why there are holes in bread.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this experiment, learners examine how pressure affects water flow. In small groups, learners work with water and a soda bottle, and then relate their findings to pressure in the deep ocean.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this lab, learners grow broad bean (also called fava bean) plants in three EarthBoxes for a few weeks before exposing one to wind (using a fan), another to heat (using a lamp), and the third to not

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners discover how solar energy can be used to heat water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Many people get water from a source deep underground, called groundwater.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore the physics of liquids and gas by playing with both! Learners of any age use their own breath to move drops of water across a smooth wax paper surface.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore and compare the buoyant properties of materials found in nature and in human-made materials.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult
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The Ancient Egyptians used a naturally-occurring salt from the banks of the Nile River, called natron, to mummify their dead.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity models some of the ways natural processes, such as erosion and sediment pollution, affect Earth’s landscape.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes