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In this activity, learners will investigate air and gravity through the use of various fabrics by through them in the air. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult
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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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In this up-cycling activity, learners recycle plastic bags and repurpose them into useful wallets.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Make a kite out of a garbage bag, shower curtain, painting tarp--anything light, thin, flexible and plastic!

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this environmental activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners identify household products that are recyclable and explore the different types of recyclable plastics.

free Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Heat makes some materials expand, and it makes others shrink.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners use heat to shrink samples of polystyrene plastic (#6 recycle code). Learners compare the size and shape of the plastic pieces before and after shrinking.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners make bridges using an oil-based modeling clay (plasticene). The instructions include discussion questions for both before and after bridge building.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners (with adult help and supervision) investigate how heat affects polystyrene plastic.

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the flexibility of polymer chains by pushing sharpened pencils through a Ziploc bag.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 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 activity, learners determine the elastic and plastic properties of different types of metal wires.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 12 of the PDF (Rethinking the 3 R’s: It’s Easy to be Green), learners examine how recyclable materials are separated by various properties at recycling centers.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct a simple experiment to see how electrically charged things like plastic attract electrically neutral things like water.

free Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of plastic bags. Learners find out what happens when they slowly push a pencil through a plastic bag filled with water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners follow simple historical maritime recipes to cook up hardtack and swanky, and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours