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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

In this activity, learners of all ages can enjoy experimenting with ice. Try this experiment at the kitchen table or in the great outdoors to encourage budding scientists to experiment with ice.

In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.

Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

In this activity, learners explore what happens when polarized white light passes through a sugar solution.

In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

In this simulation, learners use M&M™ candy to explore radioactive isotope decay.

This is a great activity about wave interference. Learners will create their own wave machine and discover wave properties through hands-on investigation.

Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

Learners explore the physical properties of a variety of balls and how they bounce.

In this activity, learners make different shapes that hold exactly one mole of gas (air).

In this activity, learners make water rockets to explore Newton's Third Law of Motion. Learners make the rockets out of plastic bottles and use a bicycle pump to pump them with air.

Space Guess Quest is a fun game that encourages participants to identify the many types of objects in space, from human-made spacecraft to nebulas, galaxies, stars, and worlds.

Using a vertical wind tube and using simple materials, individuals and groups attempt to design a "satellite" that floats for at least 5 seconds.

In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.

How can you make one shade of gray look like two? By putting it against two different color backgrounds! This activity allows learners to perform this sleight of hand very easily.

In this activity, learners of all ages will roll a ball coated with paint to artistically visualize the motion of the object.

In this twist on a classic design challenge, learners will try to stop a bouncy ball from bouncing as they explore how to control the fall of an object.

Learners build structures from spaghetti and marshmallows to determine which structures are able to handle the greatest load.

Learners build and investigate pendulums of different lengths. They discover that the longer the string of the pendulum, the longer the time it takes to swing.