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Toad Toy
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In this activity, the learner will explore hand eye coordination while using a variation of the ball and cup game.

Gollywood Squares Game
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In this Cyberchase activity, roll the die and count off spaces on the game board to earn money and collect CyberSquad autographs. To win the game, be the first to buy four different autographs.

Eye Spy
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This fun activity uses simple materials such as milk cartons and mirrors to introduce the ideas of optics and visual perception.

Ramp Racers
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In this activity about friction and gravity (page seven of the pdf), learners use toy racing cars to explore how the two forces affect the motion of objects.

Hilarious Honker
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Make a hilarious honker! Fasten a piece of string through a hole in the end of a plastic cup and discover the hilarious sounds you can make.

Star Search
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In this online activity, learners can test their skills at finding constellations in the northern hemisphere's night sky.

You Can't Take It With You
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This activity models the necessary balance of creating power and cleaning up its associated waste. Learners participate in a game where they attempt to move forward toward a goal.

Earth's Water: A Drop in Your Cup
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This creative lesson plan provides a visual way for learners to gain knowledge about the finite amount of fresh water on Earth and encourages the discussion of the various ways to conserve this resour

Ice Fishing
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In this activity, learners will use string and salt to lift an ice cube out of a glass of water. Salt depresses the freezing point of water, allowing it to melt around the string and refreeze.

Tired Weight
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Yes, you can weigh your car by figuring out your wheel's tire pressure combined with the "tire's footprint." You'll need someone with a car, driver's license, and safety in mind.

Extruding
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can explore the process of extrusion used to produce pipes and wires in industry.

Inverse Square Law
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In this math activity related to light, learners explore why a light, such as a candle or a streetlight, looks dimmer the farther away from it we get.

Shaving Cream Nebula Prints
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In this activity, learners will swirl paint into shaving cream to make an extravagant nebula print.

Copter Engineering
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In this activity, learners engineer a paper helicopter that spins to the ground when dropped.

Rainbow Refraction
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In this activity, learners will explore how light can refract or break apart into different colors.

Taking Its Temperature
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In this activity (pages 5-7), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.

Geyser
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This Exploratorium activity can be used in many contexts because geysers are great opportunities for learning about heat and temperature changes as well as geological/space science phenomena.
Filling the Time
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Build time sense into the schedule by asking learners to predict what can happen in a certain amount of time: We have 20 minutes before outdoor time. What can you get done?

Your Blind Spot
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In this activity, learners will explore how their own eyes work by experimenting with their photoreceptors.

String Thing
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String Thing is an interactive online game in which learners change a virtual string's tension, length, and gauge to create different musical pitches.