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In this activity, learners discover how to determine the distance to a lightning strike or nearby thunderstorm.

In this online Flash game, learners will explore a coral reef using an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

In this simple demonstration, learners investigate the properties of air pressure. Learners place an index card on top of a glass full of water, then invert the glass.

In this online Flash game, learners will captain a sailing challenge, adjusting boat direction and sails, seeking the way to take greatest advantage of varying wind speeds and directions to catch the

In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty 2-liter bottles and hot tap water to illustrate the effect of heat on pressure.

In this outdoor activity, learners will gather natural materials outside that they think a dinosaur would want to lay its eggs in.

In this online activity, learners see simulations of how processes shape the Earth, and see estimates of how long these processes take.

“Exploring the Solar System: Big Sun, Small Moon” is a hands-on activity that explores the concept of apparent size and allows visitors to experience this phenomena using familiar objects—a tennis bal

In this online Flash game, learners take to the skies in a hot air balloon and are challenged to beat other balloonists' times to the finish line without crashing.

This is an online activity about what would happen if we could travel at or near the speed of light.

In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty soda cans to illustrate Bernoulli's principle.

“Exploring Earth: Rising Sea” is a hands-on activity demonstrating ways to use topographical mapping techniques to track changes in sea level. The activity is connected to current NASA research.

In this weather activity/demonstration, learners watch as a ping pong ball is suspended in a stream of air supplied by a hair dryer.

In this activity, learners conduct an experiment by heating an aluminum can filled with water to investigate air pressure.

In this online activity, learners discover how random variation influences biological evolution.

In this activity, learners conduct a simple experiment to see how electrically charged things like plastic attract electrically neutral things like water.

En esta actividad, Mateo y Cientina enseñan a usar modelos para ver las causas de las fases lunares.

This is an online Flash game where learners can experiment with ballistics and how to compensate for the varying levels of gravity found on the planets of our Solar System.

In this online Flash game and spacewalk mission simulation, learners are challenged to repair parts of a space station while balancing their oxygen and fuel use carefully.

In this activity, learners explore how distance can affect the way we perceive the size of an object.