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This activity (on page 2) explores how sensing is part of robotics. Learners try tying their shoes with different constraints.

In this robotics activity, learners find ways to express emotions and feelings using only body movements, not facial expressions.

In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners make their own totem poles out of recycled materials.

Learners make a simple battery out of "sandwiches" of aluminum foil, pennies, and a salt water-soaked paper towel.

This activity explores the basic workings of a siphon, which is the core technology that makes toilets work.

In this activity, learners construct a robot-like hand to demonstrate how data is collected when using robotic technology.

In this activity, children and adults work together to explore their relationship with technology and examine ways to make sustainable media consumption choices.

In this activity, learners will imagine the challenges and opportunities of asteroid mining.

In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners create a low-tech refrigerator that requires no electricity to keep food from spoiling.

In this technology activity, learners explore digital imaging and pixels. Learners "transmit" an image to a partner by creating an image on grid paper.

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

In this activity (on page 2), one person "programs" the other like a robot to move through a space, trying to get them to avoid obstacles and reach a goal.

In this activity, leaners explore building techniques by recreating the story of The Three Little Pigs.

In this activity about human interface design issues, learners help the Oompa-Loompas of a great chocolate factory solve different problems.

Make a copy of the first stethoscope with only a cardboard tube! René Laennec invented the first stethoscope in 1819 using an actual paper tube!

Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).

Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.