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In this activity, learners work in teams to build and test paper airplanes. Learners try to fly their airplanes directly on the runway and earn points for accuracy.

In this activity, learners watch a figure "magically" float up through the air.

Pairs of learners play the roles of programmer and robot. The programmer gives specific directions to the robot to accomplish a simple task (e.g. walk across the room and pick up a pencil).

In this physics activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners will build a class 1 lever and hypothesize and test the distances two objects need to be placed from the fulcrum in order to balance.

In this simple and fun activity, learners build a tower of cups to explore distribution of weight. Learners make predictions about their towers and test their designs.

This activity provides instructions for making an aircraft that can really fly using a straw and paper hoops!

In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Chemistry—It’s Elemental), learners use iodine to identify foods that contain starch.

In this activity, learners simulate the energy transfer between the earth and space by using the light from a desk lamp desk lamp with an incandescent bulb and a stack of glass plates.

In this activity on page 10 of the PDF, learners develop an experiment to answer the following question: "How much water can the hydrogel in a baby diaper hold?" Use this activity to explore polymers,

In this activity, learners will explore how computers represent pictures using pixels.

In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.

This activity provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain stick, a musical instrument originating in South America.

In this activity, learners will put together towers using building bricks, then take the tower apart and challenge themselves to use the same bricks used to build a bridge.

In this activity, learners work in teams to construct and test fly drinking straw rockets. Learners explore how changing the rockets' fins affect flight distance.

In this activity, learners will see how UV light affects colors over time by making their own sunprint on construction paper.

This game for one to four players uses a deck of cards to develop mental addition skills.

In this activity on page 6 of the PDF (Chemistry—It’s Elemental), learners explore some of the properties of copper using a few common household ingredients.

This activity demonstrates liquefaction, the process by which some soils lose their solidity during an earthquake.

In this biology activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners will explore how saliva assists in the beginning of the digestive process.

This trick from Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty lets you add together the bounces of two balls and send one ball flying.