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Card Flip Magic: Error Detection & Correction
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This magic trick is based on how computers detect and correct data errors.
Pop Rockets
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Learners place water and part of an antacid tablet in a film canister. The reaction creates a gas reaction that launches the film canister like a rocket.
Dowels and Rubber Bands I
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If you have 3-foot dowels and rubber bands, you can can started on this fun and open design challenge. You can make structures big and small: make it so you can fit your parent into it!
Shrinking Polymers
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In this activity, learners discover that some plastics will shrink when you get them hot. Learners bake polystyrene in a regular oven and discover what happens.
Out of Sight: Remote Vehicle Activity
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In this robotics activity, learners drive a remote-controlled car through a course to learn the challenges faced while trying to operate a planetary rover.
Viral Packaging
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In this activity, learners create virus models, including nucleic acid and proteins, using simple materials. This resource includes information about virus structure and gene therapy.
DNA Extraction: Look at your genes!
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Extract your DNA from your very own cells! First, learners swish salt water in their mouth to collect cheek cells and spit the water into a glass.
Translating an Alien Message
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In this activity, learners work together to interpret an "alien message." The group pretends that this is the only message from an imaginary civilization, so there is no "key" and thus no "correct" wa
Hazardous Chemicals in Your Neighborhood
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In this environmental science lesson, learners will examine hazardous chemicals and their effects on human health and the environment.
Origami Flying Disk
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In this three-part activity, learners use paper to explore Bernoulli's Principle — fast-moving air has lower pressure than non-moving air.
Exploring Size: Powers of Ten
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In this activity, learners play a card game that explores the relative sizes of various objects. Learners compete to organize their hand of cards into lists of objects from largest to smallest.
Exploring Size: Measure Yourself
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In this activity, learners mark their height on a height chart and discover how tall they are in nanometers.
Mind-Reading Magic
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In this activity, learners recreate a method of detecting and correcting errors in computers called 'parity'.
Binary Challenge
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In this activity, learners cut out 5 paper cards and label them with 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 dot(s) to explore binary digits.
Using Different Models of Earth
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In this activity, learners explore how the shapes, sizes, and distances of land masses appear differently on two different models of Earth: an icosahedron and a flat map.
Slide Rules
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.
Find My Card
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In this activity, learners find the answer to the question, "if you have a pile of 8 cards, and you remove half, then half again, how many times can you do this until you get to just one card?" This w
Exploring Size: Memory Game
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In this activity, learners play a card game that explores different size scales--macro, micro and nano.
Nature Journals
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In this activity, learners construct a home-made journal with simple, everyday materials.
Building a Magic Carpet
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In this activity (page 89 of the PDF), learners compare and contrast pitch and roll motions by using a Magic Carpet maze similar to one that was used for Neurolab investigations about microgravity.