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In this activity, learners build a carousel toy that spins when pushed down.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This design challenge is an open-ended exploration of linkages, a group of parts connected by hinges, and the types of motion they can create.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners predict where a ball will go after it bounces off another object. Learners discover that the motion of objects is predictable based on laws of motion.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work with an adult to build a rocket and launcher out of a plastic 2-liter bottle, flexible plastic hose, plastic tubing, toilet paper tube, and duct tape.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this fun hands-on activity learners explore a simple machine: the lever. What happens to a load when you multiply the length of a lever? Find out here!

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this fun and imaginative writing assignment (page nine of the pdf), students will flex the creative side of their brains to learn more about the laws of motion and the scientific process.

free Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make plates levitate! Learners build "hovercrafts" using simple materials to explore friction and motion.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Hockey), learners will use a simple physics of motion and gravity demonstration to test their predicting skills.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this lesson, learners develop a robot arm using common materials. Learners explore design, construction, and teamwork, as well as materials selection and use.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners construct their own small catapults using simple materials. Learners follow visual instructions to build their launching device.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this engineering activity, learners explore simple machines and then build cardboard automata using cams.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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Working in small teams, learners try to build a satellite that can float for at least five seconds in the marked area of a vertical wind tube.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how parachutes are used to slow down moving objects. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own parachutes out of everyday items.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners build a can that automatically returns after being rolled away. The can has a rubber band inside that stores energy as the can rolls one direction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 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 engineer a flying glider using paper hoops and a drinking straw.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make and race a balloon-powered car. Learners construct the body out of a paper cup, wheels out of wooden spools. and fuel tank out of a balloon.

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