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In this math activity, learners trace their hands and estimate the number of beans that can fit into their hand tracings. Then, learners glue the beans to the tracing to test out their estimations.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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If you have 3-foot dowels and rubber bands, you can can started on this fun and open design challenge. You can make structures big and small: make it so you can fit your parent into it!

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this math activity, learners build Peppy the dog the best trail and park for running around.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this math activity, learners experiment with the concept of symmetry.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners design unique tiles and make repeating patterns to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this game, learners are stuck in a right turn only world! Learners take turns rolling a die and moving their game pieces along the lines of a grid to get "home," by only making right turns.

free Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a device called a phenakistoscope, which displays a continuously looping animation consisting of images drawn onto a spinning disc.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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As learners play this challenging strategy game, they build understanding of area and perimeter. On each turn, a player draws a line between two dots next to each other on the grid.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This strategy game has simple rules but can be a challenge. Players start with an empty hexagonal grid. On each turn, a player initials one empty hexagon on the grid.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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As learners play this game, they develop logic, geometry, and spatial visualization skills. Players start out with an empty hexagonal grid.

free Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this three-part math activity, learners explore shapes. In part one, learners identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 8 2 to 4 hours
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Learners determine the surface area and volume of two identical boxes, and then figure out the dimensions of a cubical box with the same volume.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this math activity, learners use what they know about shapes to copy a friend's hidden picture. Learners create a design out of pattern blocks and then hide their picture behind a screen.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners use toothpicks to build different triangles and squares and then use the toothpicks to build and solve some tricky shape puzzles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners arrange triangles together to make patterns to create paper quilts. Learners experiment with arranging the triangles in different ways to make various designs.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 55-66 of PDF), learners fold paper into origami shapes and then combine several identical shapes into a three-dimensional structure.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners slide shapes to create unusual tiled patterns.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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Build a house you can fit inside, using cardboard tubes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 45 to 60 minutes