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Paper Animals
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This resource contains ideas and brief instructions on how to build animals out of construction paper and other simple materials.

Pyramids and Triangles
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Straws and pipe cleaners are terrific materials for building models of pyramids and cubes.

Spider Glider
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In this fun activity about spiders, learners build and design a spider from cardstock, straw, string, and pipe cleaners.

Make a Garbage Bag Kite
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Make a kite out of a garbage bag, shower curtain, painting tarp--anything light, thin, flexible and plastic!

Battle the Baby!
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In this interactive game, learners compare their music-listening skills with that of a three-month-old baby.

Paper Folding: Unfurling Geometric Paper Shapes
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Use geometry, a ruler, and a steady hand to create these amazing unfurling paper folds!

Valves and Pumps: A Demonstration
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This is a demonstration you can use to show learners how valves and pumps work in concert to move blood through the circulatory system.

Art Cars
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In this activity, learners design miniature cars. Learners can create a telephone car, soccer car, merry-go-round car, or any other theme car they can imagine.

Night Lights
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In this activity, learners create night lights using a plastic cup, programmable PICO Cricket, tri-color LED, and sensor.

Push Pull Painter
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In this activity, learners create painting machines that can paint moving forwards and backwards.

Build a Soundscape
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This is a virtual representation of a sound mixer containing pre-looped sounds of animal, insect, and environmental noises.

Pulse of Life: Measure Your Pulse
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In this activity, learners take their own pulse and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.

Straws and Airplanes
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Create airplanes from straws and geometric shapes. Test them out to see how far they can fly, or how accurately they can be aimed.

Sun Prints
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This activity uses a special paper that can create images with exposure to the Sun. Collect objects of different shapes and sizes and use them to make interesting patterns on your sun print.
Magnus Glider
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A design challenge that takes paper airplanes into an entirely different direction: a magnus glider uses cups and and rubber bands to create a glider that uses the same forces that a curveball (from b

Strong Shapes
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Is a square stronger than a triangle? Use tongue depressors to build simple shapes. Then apply a little weight to them and see what happens!

Symmetry of Butterfly Wings
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In this activity, learners investigate balance and symmetry by designing a symmetrical butterfly, using a paper cutout.

The Heart as a Pump
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Learners will build a homemade pump using a balloon, a mason jar, and some straws.

Wandering Wands
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In this activity, learners construct wands that play different notes depending on information from light sensors programmed via a PICO Cricket.

Spinning Tops
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Create your own spinning top, and explore color, shapes and spinning. This activity contains instructions for making your spinning top, and tips on how to design and decorate it.