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This is a culminating activity which allows learners to summarize what they know about Woodlands Native Americans by creating illustrations and map symbols for a large outline map (see related Activit

Heat makes some materials expand, and it makes others shrink.

In this activity, learners will investigate how craters are made and the different factors that contribute to size left from the impact.

In this activity, learners use their sense of smell to explore the world on the nanoscale.

This activity has learners interacting with live crayfish, but could be adapted for a variety of similar hardy and interesting organisms.

Learners mix a solution of luminol with hydrogen peroxide to produce a reaction that gives off blue light.

This lesson familiarizes learners with the term "tropical belt." First, learners locate the equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn on a map and trace these lines with a crayon.

In this activity, learners cut out and assemble wheels to explore how variations in fish body structures (mouth shape/position/teeth, body shape, tail shape, and coloration patterns) allow fish to sur

This activity (on pages 10-12 of the PDF) encourages learners to consider what makes living things different from non-living things.

In this classic memory game (on pages 37-45 of PDF), learners turn over tiles to reveal images on the back.

Through this nutrition activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners will understand—and probably be surprised by—how big serving sizes of various foods should be.

In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.

In this activity, learners will create a diagram of the ocean zones and determine what organisms live in each zone.

Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

“Exploring the Universe: Orbiting Objects” is a hands-on activity that invites visitors to experiment with different sized and weighted balls on a stretchy fabric gravity well.

As a group, learners investigate three packages which are all the same size and shape, but have different contents. One is filled with foam, one is filled with wood, and one is filled with metal.

Break open that used musical toy and squish some Play-Doh over the circuit boards, and you will hear some weird and distorted sounds the manufacturer never intended!

In this activity, learners construct a simple air pressure launcher for paper rockets.

This is a guide for facilitating interaction at a touch tank with marine animals. The instructions are for setting up a display in an informal science center, but could work anywhere.