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Demonstrate the Bernoulli Principle using simple materials on a small or large scale.

This activity demonstrates liquefaction, the process by which some soils lose their solidity during an earthquake.

This trick from Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty lets you add together the bounces of two balls and send one ball flying.

See what force a magnet has on a wire that has current running through it: will it push it, pull it, or will nothing happen? This is the foundation of a simple electric motor.

In this science trick, learners get an egg to stand-up on its long-axis vertical to a table's top.

In this activity, learners model hot spot island formation, orientation and progression with condiments.

Balance a ball in the air with a hair dryer! This Exploratorium produced activity shows learners concepts like lift and air streams. You can try many different angles, speeds, and ball types.

Which one of your eyes are dominant? Do they act independently or are they equally "in control?" This activity explores how your eyes work (or don't work) together.

In this two-part activity, learners use everyday materials to visualize one mole of gas or 22.4 liters of gas. The first activity involves sublimating dry ice in large garbage bag.

In this optics activity, learners discover how they can make glass objects "disappear." Learners submerge glass objects like stirring rods into a beaker of Wesson™ oil to explore how the principles of

In this activity about light and refraction, learners discover how a lens creates an image that hangs in midair.

In this activity, learners use cooperation and logical thinking to find solutions to network problems on the playground.

In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

In this hands-on and feet-on excursion, learners take a science walk to visualize the planet's immense size and numerous structures, without the usual scale and ratio dimensions found in most textbook

Do you have a hard time matching paint swatches with your furniture? When you consider human perception, color is context dependent.

We're told from a young age that we have 5 senses, but we have many more. One of which is our awareness of our own body part's orientation and position.

In this activity, learners separate the components of Gatorade using a home-made affinity column.

In this activity, learners will use a compact disc to build an air puck that can glide across a smooth tabletop. The puck glides with almost no friction on a cushion of air escaping from a balloon.

In this activity, two groups of learners create two separate landform models out of clay (mountains and valleys).

What happens when two wave pulses meet in the middle? Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.