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Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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Learners construct an electricity-generating wind turbine out of a plastic bottle.
Water Body Salinities I
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In this activity, learners investigate the different salinity levels of oceans, rivers and estuaries.
What's In Your Breath?
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In this activity, learners test to see if carbon dioxide is present in the air we breathe in and out by using a detector made from red cabbage.
Glass and Mirrors: An Inside Look at Telescopes
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This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.
Oil Spill Solutions
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In this activity, learners explore how environmental engineers might approach solving the problem of an oil spill.
What Does Life Need to Live?
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).
Particle Detection
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By tossing, collecting, and sorting beanbags, learners understand how the IBEX spacecraft uses its sensors to detect and map the locations of particle types in the interstellar boundary.
Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading
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In this earth science activity (page 14 of the PDF), learners use layers of closed-cell foam to create their own model of the mid-ocean ridge in order to simulate seafloor spreading.
Make a Comet Model and Eat It!
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.
Runaway Runoff
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When it rains, water can collect on top of and seep into the ground. Water can also run downhill, carrying soil and pollution with it.
Exploring Earth: Temperature Mapping
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This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.