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Match Rock
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  In this activity, learners try to figure out who has their matching rock type by reading a description of their rock (no talking!).
   
The Squeeze Box
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  In this geology activity learners build a "squeeze box," which allows them to compress layers of sediment. This is a great way to investigate folding and faulting in the Earth.
   
Garden Poles
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  In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.
   
Air Pressure and Dent Pullers
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  In this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment.
   
Column Chromatography
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  In this activity, learners separate the components of Gatorade using a home-made affinity column.
   
Pendulum Snake
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  In this physics activity, learners assemble and/or investigate a pendulum "snake." Several large steel hex-nuts are suspended on strings of successively increasing length to form a series of pendulums
   
Life Size: What's in a microbe?
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  In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.
   
Beating Gravity
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  In this demonstration, learners watch as a device drops a ball into a cup without touching the ball or cup, even though the ball and cup are virtually side-by-side.
   
Smell the Maillard Reaction
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  In this activity, learners cook amino acids and sugar to explore the range of aromas released.
   
Light Box
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  Learn how to construct a light box by following simple figures and instructions. This guide includes tips on how to assemble a light box; related activities are featured in separate resources.
  