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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

In this activity, learners use found natural materials to create a water haven for bees and other insects.

This fun hands-on astronomy activity uses a variety of simple props to help learners understand why they see what they see in a telescope.

This hands-on activity demonstrates how a material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized.

In this activity (pages 8-9), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.

In this activity, learners get hands-on with geometry by making a polyhedron kitty sculpture.

This is a highly visual demonstration that illustrates both the effects of density and chemical reactions.

In this activity, learners will investigate the part of soil. Explore how clay, silt, and sand make up the dirt in your background. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.

In this activity, learners explore the chemical reaction between water and effervescent antacid tablets. This hands-on activity models how a material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized.

In this activity, learners use clear nail polish to create a beautiful iridescent pattern on black paper. Learners discover that a thin film creates iridescent, rainbow colors.

In this physics demonstration, learners will be surprised when a lemon slice appears to magically levitate within a pint glass.

In this online activity, learners will explore size estimation in one, two and three dimensions. Multiple levels of difficulty allow for progressive skill improvement.

In this activity, learners will build a honeycomb. Learners will investigate how the shape of the honeycomb develops. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.

In this demonstration, learners will be "wowed" as three matches burn to form a triangular pyramid shape and "magically" rise off the table.

In this online activity, learners will brush up on their multiplication, division, and factoring skills with this exciting game.

In this activity, learners build a scale model of the solar system using a roll of toilet paper.

Many people think the different stages in the life of a star are actually different types of stars, rather than just stages in the life of a single star.

In this activity, learners will make a thaumatrope, an old-fashioned optical illusion that dates back to the 1820s.

This online interactive has three activities in the NanoLab (press the upper right button): Build, Zoom, and Transform.

In this activity, learners add food coloring to hot and cold water in order to see how fluids at different temperatures move around in convection currents.