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Learners explore three-dimensional geometric frames including cubes and tetrahedrons, as they create bubble wands with pipe cleaners and drinking straws.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners are challenged to discover the relative densities of colored liquids to create a rainbow pattern in a test tube.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners collect and sort leaf samples to determine how many types of plants grow in the activity site.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity and observation game, learners hunt for a variety of textures, colors, odors and evidence of organisms in the activity site.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this three-part activity, learners conduct simple experiments to see how light refracts and reflects, and how colors of light affect what we see.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine how colored lenses act like filters and absorb all colors of light except for the color of the lenses.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In "Chemistry is Colorful" learners explore different materials through paper chromatography.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This is an activity exploring color and color mixing.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct their own spectroscope as they explore and observe spectra from familiar light sources.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners observe different light sources, outdoors and indoors, using prism glasses (diffraction glasses) and color filters.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in groups of four to explore light. Learners create new colors from the primary colors of light from flashlights covered in theatrical gels or cellophane.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will use bubble wrap to print patterns on paper and experiment with mixing colors.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simple chemistry activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Colorblind Dogs) about acids and bases, learners will mix a baking soda and water solution and use it to paint a message on a

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this four-part activity, learners explore light and sound through a variety of hands-on investigations.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this STEAM activity, learners create a "pixel tube" to explore reflections of light and color mixing.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create colorful bead bracelets to wear outside while searching for matching colors in plants. Learners will be surprised by the variety of colors in nature.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners discover that not all shadows are black. Learners explore human color perception by using colored lights to make additive color mixtures.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes