Search Results


Showing results 1 to 10 of 10

Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This fun activity uses simple materials such as milk cartons and mirrors to introduce the ideas of optics and visual perception.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners work in teams to construct and test fly drinking straw rockets. Learners explore how changing the rockets' fins affect flight distance.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this fun hands-on activity, learners create a safety device to protect an egg "passenger" in a toy car crash. Learners experiment with different solutions to this very problem.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners construct and launch rockets using simple materials and their understanding of chemical reactions.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
Learners discover that soap can be used to power a boat. Learners make a simple, flat boat model, put it in water, and then add a drop of detergent at the back of the boat.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this physics activity, challenge learners to make a rubber band-powered spool racer. Demonstrate principles of motion as well as potential and kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This activity provides instructions for making an aircraft that can really fly using a straw and paper hoops!

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners work in teams to build and test paper airplanes. Learners try to fly their airplanes directly on the runway and earn points for accuracy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this physics activity, challenge learners to make a race-car out of a coffee can and rubber band. Demonstrate motion, forces, kinetic and potential energy and friction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes