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Students design and create their own air-powered rockets, in this hands-on activity.

Learners trace, cut out and fly a boomerang, outdoors or in a large indoor space.

In this activity, learners use a flexible magnet as a model for a scanning probe microscope (SPM). They learn that SPMs are an example of a special tool that scientists use to work on the nanoscale.

In this activity, learners build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing.

In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

In "Exploring the Universe: Exoplanet Transits," participants simulate one of the methods scientists use to discover planets orbiting distant stars.

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.

In this activity, learners make a paper model of a polymer, then make Silly Putty, an actual polymer.

The "Rocket Reactions" activity is an exciting way to learn about how materials interact, behave, and change.

Can you think of ways to collect and dispose of spilled oil without causing further harm to the environment?

In this activity, learners investigate the effect of heat on a reaction.

This quick demonstration (on page 11 of PDF) allows learners to understand why scientists think water ice could remain frozen in always-dark craters at the poles of the Moon.

In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.

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

In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.

In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.

In this engineering activity (page 5 of PDF), young learners investigate how materials and design contribute to the strength of a structure, particularly walls.

In this activity (on page 8), learners model how marble statues and buildings are affected by acid rain.

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