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After learning that some of the chemicals we add to food crops may have harmful consequences on our health and the health of the environment, learners will create a pocket-sized card with their favori

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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“Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds” is a hands-on activity in which visitors create a cloud in a bottle and explore it with laser light.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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The "Rocket Reactions" activity is an exciting way to learn about how materials interact, behave, and change.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Your tongue can sense about 6 different flavors (salty, sweet, bitter, sour, umami/savory, and fat), but your nose provides a lot more "taste" information than you realize when you eat.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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These three short activities challenge groups to fit objects through paper and index cards: "Slots" presents the challenge for one learner to figure out which objects fit through a hole cut by another

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Ancient trash tells archaeologists a lot about the past. In this activity, learners take a close look inside their trash can and think about the clues it offers about their lives.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners make their own totem poles out of recycled materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor art/environmental activity, learners create designs that will attract attention to animals and plants in particular habitats, and then test whether their designs attracted the "right"

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this game (4th activity on the page) about hearing, learners test their ability to identify various sounds without looking.

free Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this tabletop activity (on pages 32-40), learners make Möbius strips -- 3D surfaces with only one side.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simple exploratory activity (1st activity on the page), blindfolded learners try to identify mystery items by smell.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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On an airplane trip, learners have an opportunity to investigate the properties of air pressure at different altitudes.

free Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe what would happen to their bodies if they went to outer space without a space suit.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners cut and fold a paper helicopter from the template in this PDF. They practice twirling the helicopter and observe what happens as they modify their tries.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a paper model of a polymer, then make Silly Putty, an actual polymer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make pykrete by freezing a mixture of water and a material like cotton wool, grass, hair, shredded paper, wood chips, or sawdust.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 4 to 24 hours
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Play keep away from your cat by using a static charge to suspend a piece of tinsel in the air. This Exploratorium produced activity also features videos to help create and learn about this phenomenon.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Create a “Find Someone” list, with about 10 items, each containing a shape, number, or measurement. Can you find someone in the group with hair about 4 inches long? Someone wearing parallel lines?

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer a new shape and use it to create a new pattern with no wasted space.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes