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Wiggly Water
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This is a simple and fun activity for learners to explore water and colors.

From the Internet to Outer Space
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In this activity, learners will use Google Sky to observe features of the night sky and share their observations.

Skin Deep
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In this activity, learners explore how to protect their skin while applying pesticides to plants.

A Funny Taste
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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

How Much Water is in that Cloud?
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In this activity, learners working in pairs saturate a cotton ball using water drops from an eyedropper to demonstrate the high water capacity of clouds.

Draft Detectives
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In this two part activity, learners become draft detectives by constructing their own draft catchers to detect drafts around windows or doors.
Bat Echolocation Experiment
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In this activity, learners discover how bats use echolocation to get information about objects in their environment. During the activity, one learner whispers into a tube.

Quadraphonic Wind
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In this activity, learners discover how the extent of various wind speeds changes in each of the four quadrants around a hurricane.

Fused Plastic Wallet
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In this up-cycling activity, learners recycle plastic bags and repurpose them into useful wallets.

A Recipe for Air
Learners use M&Ms® (or any other multi-color, equally-sized small candy or pieces) to create a pie graph that expresses the composition of air.

Morphing Butterfly
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.

Seismic Slinky!
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Did you know that a Slinky makes a handy model of earthquake waves?

From Here to There
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In this water activity, learners discover ways to move water across the water table.

Homemade Snow
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In this sensory activity, learners enjoy the fun of a snow day any season of the year.

Measuring Wind Speed
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In this indoor and/or outdoor activity, learners make an anemometer (an instrument to measure wind speed) out of a protractor, a ping pong ball and a length of thread or fishing line.

Making Music in Nature
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In this activity, learners will explore the ways natural materials can produce sounds. Appropriate for any age, learners can make individual music or create a symphony with others.

Pressing Pressure
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In this activity, learners compare water pressure at different depths. Learners discover that water pressure increases with depth.

Twist and Spout
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In this activity, learners make their own "tornado" using two soda bottles and water.

Weather Stations: Temperature and Pressure
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In this activity, learners discover the relationship between temperature and pressure in the lower atmospheres of Jupiter and Earth.

Getting Windy
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In this activity, learners create and understand surface currents. Learners create example surface currents and discover how landmasses affect the current.