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In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners use candle wax to make "invisible" designs that are revealed with watercolor paints.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (7th activity on the page), learners use their sense of hearing to find a "sound match." Learners shake containers filled with items like dry seeds, sand, beans, etc.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity learners will create paint out of natural materials. Explore your natural world (or your fridge) and find berries, leaves, or flowers to find a great base for your paint.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners mix a solution containing luminol and copper with a fake blood solution. A chemical reaction between the luminol solution and fake blood (hydrogen peroxide) show learners a blue glow.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make models representing bones on Earth and bones that have been in space. They discover what happens to bones without proper exercise and nutrition.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity (on page 2) explores how sensing is part of robotics. Learners try tying their shoes with different constraints.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe, explore and investigate vibrating instruments in everyday places and create music in unique ways.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners use clear nail polish to create a beautiful iridescent pattern on black paper. Learners discover that a thin film creates iridescent, rainbow colors.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to measure each other's ankles with lengths of string.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2) about fingerprint analysis, learners use graphite from a pencil and scotch tape to capture their fingerprints.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners use a mortar and pestle to extract clove oil from cloves using denatured alcohol. They put this oil on paper, which they can take home.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners blow into balloons and collect their breath--carbon dioxide gas (CO2). They then blow the CO2 from the balloon into a solution of acid-base indicator.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners play with a fuzzy-colored dot that has no distinct edges seems to disappear. As learners stare at the dot, its color appears to blend with the colors surrounding it.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners explore how blubber protects animals from the cold by making a "blubber mitt." Using cooking shortening, two zip-top sandwich bags, and duct tape, learners simulate bl

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners use household items to smell the difference between some stereoisomers, or molecules which are mirror images of one another.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners perform a simulated blood test procedure.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how sound travels through solid objects better than through air. Leaners attach a metal clothes hanger to a piece of string and hold it to their ears.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners compare and contrast regular water ice to dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). Both samples are placed in a solution of acid-base indicator.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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Many germs spread by our hands, and often times, people don't wash their hands well enough to get rid of germs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes