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Students design and create their own air-powered rockets, in this hands-on activity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners verify that the Sun appears in a different location at a specific time every day of the year with one exception: on the Equinoxes.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14
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Learners explore water's property of cohesion through two investigations.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This lesson focuses on how materials behave differently as their surface area increases.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners will use clear nail polish and the power of chemistry to create paper with a rainbow sheen.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners play a simple card game to learn the sequence of events in the transmission of nervous system signals.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Create a chemical reaction that makes cheese! This hands-on activity demonstrates that molecules and atoms are tiny particles that make up everything around us.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this easy chemistry activity, learners submerge pennies in different liquids (water, lemon juice, vinegar, liquid hand soap, salt water, and baking soda mixed with water) to observe which best clea

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, young learners will explore light and darkness through flashlight play.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners use red cabbage juice and pH indicator paper to test the acidity and basicity of household materials. The activity links this concept of acids and bases to acid rain and other pollutants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this food science activity, learners explore digestion and proteins by observing the action of meat tenderizer on luncheon meat.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This is a simple and fun activity for learners to explore water and colors.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners of all ages can enjoy experimenting with ice. Try this experiment at the kitchen table or in the great outdoors to encourage budding scientists to experiment with ice.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on page 1 of the PDF), learners make a "mini-globe" to investigate the causes of day and night on our planet.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the formation of craters. Learners will examine how the size, angle and speed of a meteorite's impact affects the properties of craters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine fingerprints. Learners leave a hidden print on a surface and then make their own print detecting powder from graphite (found in pencils).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This fun hands-on astronomy activity lets learners use star maps (included) to find constellations and to identify stars with extrasolar planets (Northern Hemisphere only, naked eye).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this biology activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners will determine whether they are "tasters" or "non-tasters", test selected individuals from their families and peer group for the trait, and chart

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners recrystallize substances from solutions and make observations about the resulting crystals. This test can help further identify the unknown.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 4 to 24 hours