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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners make bell bracelets, place them on their wrists or ankles, and then dance to the rhythms and sounds the bells make. Many cultures use ankle or wrist bells to make music during dancing.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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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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In this activity, learners search for various kinds of items made from minerals around their home or school, including toothpaste, wall paint, kitty litter, and bricks.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 14 of the PDF (Rethinking the 3 R’s: It’s Easy to be Green), learners turn plain pieces of recycled plastic into shrunken works of art.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners explore the properties of liquid crystals, which are responsible for why mood rings change color.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners construct a bracelet containing two strands of beads, which represents a double strand of DNA that codes for a gene. They match beads to the bases in a section of a chimp's DNA code.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this craft-based activity, learners make DNA sequence bracelets that carry the code of an organism such as a human, trout, chimpanzee or butterfly.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes