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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 will create wind-powered contraptions to transport a load, such as a cupcake or another small object, and test to see if they work.

In this activity, learners use a pneumatic trough (see related activity) to generate and collect pure oxygen.

In this activity, learners will create beautiful greeting cards by marbling with shaving cream and food dye. They will explore the chemistry behind the art of marbling.

Bones are stiff, which helps us lift heavy things and walk around, but they are also somewhat flexible, which lets them bend slightly.

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.

In this activity, learners explore physics by building a catapult that launches marshmallows with household objects.

Learners investigate a pre-constructed mystery tube to determine its interior mechanism.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone.

Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.

Design a vessel that tests the limits of wind power given a set of off the shelf and recycled materials.

If you have lights, cardboard, scissors, and some brass fasteners, you can make shadow puppets! Create a story-telling and design challenge for your learners with this simple and creative activity.

Make a model city happier with LEDs, circuits, motors, and batteries! Groups can think, discuss, design, and build what would make a community happy. Kids can work as part of a team or on their own.

This game uses a modified Uno deck to review concepts related to stem cell research and diabetes.

Learners observe a flask with a balloon attached over the mouth and inverted inside the flask.

In this activity, learners will use chemistry to create a night sky watercolor painting. They will experiment to learn the effects of mixing crayon, salt, and lemon juice with water color paints.

In this activity, learners test and compare the physical properties of thermoplastic polymers. Learners compare different plastics based on their color, degree of transparency, texture, and density.

This is written as a static display, but can easily become a hands-on experiment for learners.

In this activity, learners will use a variety of household and/or natural objects to design a sculpture that balances from a single point.

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