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Dollar Signs
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In this activity, learners use number sense and mental math strategies to estimate the price of a sign.
Rate It: Working With Zero and Negative Numbers
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In this activity, learners will rate the day, a book, or something else on a scale from -2 to 2. This activity works well for groups of all ages.

Incredible Shrinking Shapes
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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

Design For All: Imagining Inventions
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In this design challenge, learners will practice empathy and design thinking skills by creating an invention of the future.

Surface Tension Icebreaker
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This is a quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.

Pupil
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In this activity, learners explore their eye pupils and how they change.

Twenty Guesses: Information Theory
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This activity introduces the idea that computer scientists measure information by how "surprising" a message is.

Ball Bounce Experiment
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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of different types of balls.

Physics in a Glass: Reversing Arrows
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In this simple activity, learners investigate refraction by placing a picture of an arrow behind a glass of water.

Setting the Scene
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In this activity (on page 2), pairs of learners create an imaginary crime scene. One person leaves the room while the other person moves a few things around.

I Like to Move-It
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This is an activity which will allow learners to gain an understanding of lemur behavior through observation and role play.

In the News
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In this fun and imaginative writing assignment (page nine of the pdf), students will flex the creative side of their brains to learn more about the laws of motion and the scientific process.

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

Physics Over the Sink: Water Glass Magic
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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.

Slap Shot
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How quick are your reflexes? In this online game, you are a hockey goalie defending quick slap shots. Learn about reaction time, muscle memory, and reflexes.

The Four Seasons
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In this lesson that includes hands-on activities and demonstrations, learners discover that it is the tilt of the Earth's axis (not its proximity to the sun) that causes the seasons.

Citizen Science at Home
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In this activity, learners will be introduced to citizen science projects that can be done from home.

Vibrant Cords
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In this activity, learners will explore how the voice works and feel the vibrations produced by vocal cords.

Words in Motion, Motion in Words
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In this art activity (page seven of the pdf), learners will use their creativity to make a "motion collage." Each student will be encouraged to draw a picture of something that moves to be a part of t

Waterproof Hanky
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In this physics demonstration, learners will be surprised when a handkerchief holds water in an upside-down glass.