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In this activity, learners are introduced to challenges of maintaining temperatures while living in space.

In this activity, learners discover the three R's of environmental protection: reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

In this archaeology meets art activity, learners make a mosaic and consider the ways in which art communicates.

In this small-group activity, learners assume the roles of pilots, air traffic controllers, and NASA scientists to solve five Air Traffic Control (ATC) problems.

This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

In this forensics activity, learners solve a mystery using “DNA” taken from the scene of the crime.

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

In this activity, learners create a soil and water model of a single-cell life environment and study living microorganisms.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers design devices that can detect the presence of pollutants in the air.

In this activity, learners make a miniature greenhouse or "terrarium" to explore the greenhouse effect.

In this activity, learners build a model of a self-sustaining habitat (growing grass and beans from seeds).

This is a hands-on activity that uses bread and household materials to grow mold. Learners collect dust from a room, wipe it on food, and contain it. One to seven days later, mold has grown.

In the wild, small crustaceans known as brine shrimp live in marine habitats such as saltwater lakes.

In this activity, learners will discover how the thin layers of amphibians' skin allow water and other chemicals to pass through it.

Learners observe and compare the sizes of three toy “growing” crocodiles made from water-absorbent polymers. One is it its original state, dry, hard, and about 10cm long.

In this activity, learners create a freshwater ecosystem in a large plastic bottle. Learners cut and prepare bottles, then fill with water, aquatic plants, snails and fish.

In this activity (1st on the page), learners keep a "SLOG" or Sleep Log to study their sleep patterns.

In this laboratory activity, learners design an experiment to evaluate how environmental factors influence the growth of molds.

In this activity, learners use Styrofoam to collect organisms from a pond, estuary or marine environment and then examine what they have caught with a microscope.