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In this activity, a lightbulb is placed in front of a concave mirror. The actual lightbulb is not visible to the viewer, but the viewer can see the mirror image of the lightbulb formed in space.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners conduct two experiments to explore free-falling.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity about light and reflection, learners discover that what you see is often affected by what you expect to see.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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The Drawing Board consists of a marking pen that remains stationary and a platform that swings beneath the pen, acting as a pendulum.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this fun optics activity, learners explore principles of light, reflection (mirrors), and perception. Learners work in pairs and sit on opposite sides of a "two-way" mirror.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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With little more than a plastic bottle, some vinyl tubing, and a length of PVC pipe, make a rocket and a rocket launcher and investigate how rockets fly.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use pegboard and straws to build a three-dimensional model of the periodic table.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 14 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity and demonstration about electricity and magnetism, learners observe how the current generated when one copper coil swings through a magnetic field starts a second coil swinging.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes