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In this activity (on page 12 of the PDF), learners make a sundial (shadow clock) appropriate for their geographic location in the northern hemisphere and use it to tell time.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs), learners will model how paleontologists estimate the age of fossil discoveries by extracting “fossil” playing cards from newspa

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners construct one or more of the following kinds of sundials: a shadow plot, a horizontal sundial, and a diptych sundial.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make and test fly paper helicopters. Learners use templates to create paper helicopters and then take take turns flying them in the air.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes