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Straws and pipe cleaners are terrific materials for building models of pyramids and cubes.

Make a kite out of a garbage bag, shower curtain, painting tarp--anything light, thin, flexible and plastic!

Learners make their own paper using old newspaper. Learners can make their paper colorful by adding construction paper.

This game is like regular bingo, except the clues are sounds.

Learners make bell bracelets, place them on their wrists or ankles, and then dance to the rhythms and sounds the bells make. Many cultures use ankle or wrist bells to make music during dancing.

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

During this lesson, learners will determine their blood pressure and learn about systolic and diastolic pressures.

Use geometry, a ruler, and a steady hand to create these amazing unfurling paper folds!

This is a demonstration you can use to show learners how valves and pumps work in concert to move blood through the circulatory system.

In this activity, learners take their own pulse and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.

Create airplanes from straws and geometric shapes. Test them out to see how far they can fly, or how accurately they can be aimed.

A design challenge that takes paper airplanes into an entirely different direction: a magnus glider uses cups and and rubber bands to create a glider that uses the same forces that a curveball (from b

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

This hands-on activity shows you how to make a shaker -- a small instrument with a big sound! Fill it with beads or even pennies for a cool sound.

Use grape juice, baking soda, water and vinegar to make acid and base indicator paper! This activity contains a recipe and instructions for the indicator paper.

How many colors make black? Gather as many water soluble black markers as you can find.

In this activity, learners create a hearing based memory game that they can share with friends.

In this activity, learners create a kind of balance device using a wire coat hanger, some string, and paper cups.

Build a fruit fly trap out of a 2-liter plastic bottle and some rotten fruit! Fruit flies are easy to catch in warm weather. Once you catch some, you will be able to see their life cycle up-close.

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