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In this activity, learners create models of erosion and floods and learn to recognize both in their environment.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this laboratory activity, learners use a simple procedure to bait oomycetes from water and/ or soil and then examine these fungus-like organisms with the microscope to see how they look.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners use the tissue culture process to rapidly produce clones (genetic copies) of a particular plant (cauliflower, rose cuttings, African violet le

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 12 months
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Learners observe two joined glass tubes containing a conductive salt solution. Electrodes are passing an electric current through the water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Use this model to demonstrate the goal of NASA's Kepler Mission: to find extrasolar planets through the transit method.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an educator-led demonstration of microarray technology using a model created from a pizza box and ping-pong balls.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Using recycled materials, learners will design a transportation vehicle to carry an egg in an egg toss (a rudimentary model of a shock absorbent transport vessel).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a model of a self-sustaining habitat (growing grass and beans from seeds).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 7 days