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Explore the effects of gravity on a slowly falling object: a parachute you make out of plastic bags, string and stones.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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This is an activity about circular motion. Learners will explore the laws of motion and force by observing circular motion.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity about Newton's First Law of Motion - a body in motion tends to stay in motion, or a body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners break the tension that happens when water develops a "skin." Learners use water, pepper and some soap to discover the wonders of surface tension—the force that attract

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners complete simple exercises to investigate the relationship between force, area and pressure and their effects on materials.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Investigate how force and thrust work to propel rockets into outer space. Build a rocket: a blown-up balloon taped to a drinking straw threaded through some string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this fun hands-on activity, learners create a safety device to protect an egg "passenger" in a toy car crash. Learners experiment with different solutions to this very problem.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity about inertia, Newton's First Law of Motion. Learners will discover how an egg at rest, or any object at rest, stays that way.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes