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In this activity, learners explore the question "What is paper?" Learners discover the processes and materials required to make paper while experimenting with different recycled fibers and tools.

Things that are different sizes and stiffness vibrate differently, and in this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll see how rings of various diameters react to vibration and external forces.

In this activity, learners try to float ink on the surface of water to create a pattern and then capture it with absorbent paper.

In this activity, learners explore how polarizing sunglasses can help diminish road glare.

In this activity, learners use their hands as tools for indirect measurement.

In this activity, learners light an LED with five cents. Learners use two different metals and some sour, salty water to create a cheap battery.

This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

In this math activity related to light, learners assemble a photometer and use it to estimate the power output of the Sun.

In this geometry activity, learners explore networks painted on playgrounds, such as a four square court, and draw their own.

In ancient Chaco Canyon, the people used a "sun dagger" petroglyph to mark the passing of seasons.

In this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment.

In this group activity, learners make multi-sided polygons with string.

In this activity, learners build bridges out of newspaper and tape to explore how structures are designed to bear loads.

In this activity, learners build scaled-down structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with bamboo skewers and tape.