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Visitors test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid and the solids salt and sugar. They clip leads from the hand generator to wires immersed in each substance.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the different salinity levels of oceans, rivers and estuaries.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners build a simple qualitative conductivity tester with a battery, bulb and foil.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 10 of the PDF, learners detect the amount of energy that can flow through a sodium chloride electrolyte solution with a light sensor.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners design and build a circuit: an "electric highway" that connects a battery and buzzer at least three feet apart using four types of materials.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a tiny but powerful flashlight out of simple materials. Use this activity to introduce learners to electrical circuits and conductivity.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Play-Doh is conductive! Use the semiconductive qualities of Play-Doh to make your own squeezable instrument. Pico Cricket is required.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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This is a perfect summertime lunch activity! Pico Cricket is required (micro controller). First, get a bunch of cut up fruit, line them up, then plug a piece of fruit with a Pico Cricket sensor clip.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, educators can demonstrate how the nanoscale arrangement of atoms dramatically impacts a material’s macroscale behavior.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about electricity, learners explore what happens when you blow a fuse.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Body Electricity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into conductivity.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this quick SciGirls activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Doghouse Design), learners will be introduced to the concept of thermal conductivity.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this technology activity, learners light up the room with electrifying play dough creations. Learners use conductive and insulating homemade play dough to build simple circuits.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this technology activity, learners build simple circuits, design soft circuits using conductive thread, and then sew switch-activated circuits.

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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Make a model city happier with LEDs, circuits, motors, and batteries! Groups can think, discuss, design, and build what would make a community happy. Kids can work as part of a team or on their own.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of conducting or insulating electricity.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners use their knowledge of energy and batteries to create homemade flashlights.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners are challenged to create solutions that conduct electricity and make a buzzer buzz (or an LED light up).

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity introduces learners to the structure and properties of carbon nanotubes.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes