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Designer Seeds
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In this activity, learners will examine a variety of seeds, describe them, and determine how they are dispersed.

Size and Distance
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In this activity about depth perception, learners create an optical illusion in a shoe box.

Chilean Sea Bass: Off the Menu
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In this data analysis activity, learners use data collected by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to study Chilean sea bass populations.

Harvesting Chemicals from a Battery
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In this activity, learners take apart a used zinc-carbon dry cell battery.

Getting Your Bearings
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of friction and how ball bearings reduce friction.

Chain Reaction II
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In this hands-on activity, learners use an assortment of (mainly household) items to complete Rube Goldberg-type challenges.

Test Density with a Supersaturated Solution
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Learners create three solutions with different levels of salinity. They compare the density of these solutions by coloring them and layering them in a clear plastic cup and in a soda bottle.

Macro-Microarray
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In this activity, learners explore the "nuts and bolts" of gene chips.
Dive into Design
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Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.

Lego Man Jump
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In this activity, learners are challenged to create a parachute using easily sourced materials in order to transport a LEGO figure safely to the ground.

To Dye For
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Learners add two dyes to mineral oil and water, and then compare their miscibility (how well they mix) in each.

Burning Questions About a Candle
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In this activity, learners will observe a deceptively simple process: a burning candle.

Styrofoam Traps
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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.

Inverted Foucault Pendulum
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In this demonstration, learners explore a variation of a Foucault pendulum, but upside down.

Acid Rain
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In this chemistry demonstration, acid rain is simulated in a petri dish.

Measuring Earthquakes
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In this activity, learners build their your own seismograph with household materials to document shaking.

Smell Detective
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In this activity about olfaction (8th activity on the page), learners smell 10 different items with different odors. Then they try to identify the smells when they are mixed together.

Tasty Buds
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In this activity (1st activity on the page), learners explore their sense of taste and the structure of the tongue by taste-testing various foods.

Vestibular-Ocular Reflex
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In this activity, learners will perform various investigations to understand the vestibular-ocular reflex and learn about the importance of visual cues in maintaining balance.

Canjo
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing their very own banjo out of a coffee can. Learners experiment with the canjo to change the instrument's pitch and timbre.