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This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.

In this activity, learners investigate the touch sensory system and discover how to plan and carry out their own experiments.

In this activity, learners investigate the sense of sight and develop and conduct their own experiments.

In this activity, learners will explore nature by creating food for birds. Learners will develop fine motor skills and engage in nature observation through this activity.

This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) is a full inquiry investigation into mapping the underground “plumbing” of geysers.

In this activity, learners design, build, test and redesign a display tower that will meet a specific set of criteria and constraints.

In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.

In this activity (page 12), learners apply the concepts of pixilation and pointillism to the world of biomedical science.

In this mechanical engineering activity, learners design shadow puppets with moving parts and use them to tell stories.

Learners make their own paper using old newspaper. Learners can make their paper colorful by adding construction paper.

Learners make a simple battery out of "sandwiches" of aluminum foil, pennies, and a salt water-soaked paper towel.

Learners design their own experiment to explore the permeability of different materials such as soil, sand, gravel, and marbles.

The popular sudoku puzzles use numbers, but the game could played with any set of 9 different objects!

In this simple exploratory activity (1st activity on the page), blindfolded learners try to identify mystery items by smell.

This lesson (on pages 46-55 of PDF) features two strategy board games -- one from Ghana and one from China. The first game, Achi, is a cross between checkers and tic-tac-toe.

In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.

This event guide features three related explorations in which learners investigate the following science concepts: how you design and build a structure helps determine how strong it will be; different

In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.

In this activity, learners explore how infrared technology is used by engineers to create equipment and systems for a variety of industries.

In this activity, learners explore the potential of interchangeable standard parts to create a large number of unique creations in different combinations.