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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Hovercraft) is a full inquiry investigation into hovercraft engineering and design optimization.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Hockey Sticks Activity) about composites, materials made of 2 or more different components.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this math activity, learners use non-standard measurement (paces) to find the distance from one point to another. Learners practice estimating and measuring distances .

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time. In this outdoor activity, learners will discover how to tell time using only a compass, a pencil, a handy printout, and a sunny day.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Baseball Activity), learners will investigate the transfer of energy using sports equipment.

free Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Millions of organisms can live in and around a body of water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Microgravity) is a full inquiry investigation into how ordinary things behave in microgravity, similar to what astronauts experience.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity (p.6-10 of PDF), learners use different methods for hunting minibeasts (bugs). Learners can either make traps or simply look for minibeasts under stones and logs.

free Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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This lesson plan enables learners to explore the differences between weather and climate.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity, learners search for the warmest and coolest, windiest and calmest, wettest and driest, and brightest and darkest spots in an area.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners use only their senses to to find the extremes of several environmental variables or physical factors: wind, temperature, light, slope and moisture.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Forecasting) is a full inquiry investigation into meteorology and forecasting.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Malformed Frogs) is a full inquiry investigation into using indicator species to assess the health of an environment.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this engineering activity, learners will get acquainted with the basics of wind energy and power production by fabricating and testing various blade designs for table-top windmills constructed from

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners create a CloudSpotter wheel and record the different types of clouds they observe twice daily over several days.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Kites) is a full inquiry investigation into how a kite’s shape affects its performance.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how and why rainbows form by creating rainbows in a variety of ways using simple materials. Learners create rainbows indoors and outdoors.

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