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In this is activity about sound and vibration, learners create their own 'flutes' with drinking straws, then investigate how changing the length of the straw affects the sounds that are produced.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple tabletop seesaw to test how different variables (the position of the fulcrum, distance, weight) affect its balance under increasing weight loads.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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“Exploring the Solar System: Pocket Solar System” is a hands-on activity in which visitors make a scale model of the distances between objects in our solar system.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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"Exploring the Universe: Objects in Motion" encourages participants to explore the complex but predictable ways objects in the universe interact with each other.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This fun hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore models of the Milky Way and other galaxies to get a sense of relative distances to other galaxies.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners plan and create a 24-foot long, two-dimensional model of our solar system, and compare and contrast the differences between planets and the sun.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This fun, nighttime hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore how long it takes for light from different objects in the universe to reach Earth.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours