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This is a simple activity fully driven by imagination. Using materials from the home, toys, or items from nature, learners create their own world to play with.

Make a big canvas of iridescent color with pvc pipe! In this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll need to cut and assemble some PVC pipe, but the pay-off, the soap-bubble canvas, is big.

In this activity, learners imitate the way vocal cords work by building a model from a plastic cup, rubber band, and a straw.

Learners will build a homemade pump using a balloon, a mason jar, and some straws.

In this activity, learners construct models of plants that are adapted to living under specific environmental conditions.

In this activity, learners interact with a 3-D model of a watershed to better understand the interconnectedness of terrestrial and aquatic environments.

Learners will construct a model of a heart valve using a film canister, a piece of masking tape, and a piece of paper.

In this activity, learners explore dinosaur skeletons and anatomy. Learners make observations about a T. rex skeleton diagram and then measure the skeleton length and width.

Educator Amy O'Donnell from the American Museum of Natural History guides learners to create a diorama of a coral reef.

In "Chemistry Makes Scents," participants use their noses to distinguish between chemicals with very similar structures.

In this activity, learners make balloon models of disease-causing bacteria.