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In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

In this activity, learners discover how to determine the distance to a lightning strike or nearby thunderstorm.

This lab activity has learners create a pendulum with a one-second period.

In this activity, learners use a laser pointer and two small rotating mirrors to create a variety of fascinating patterns, which can be easily and dramatically projected on a wall or screen.

The major goal of this math lesson is to have learners collect data from a variety of experiments, determine what models best fits their data, and explain why their models are best.

In this activity/demo about piezoelectricity, learners discover how some crystals produce electricity when squeezed.

This is a great activity about wave interference. Learners will create their own wave machine and discover wave properties through hands-on investigation.

In this interdisciplinary activity, learners create a Space Weather Action Center (SWAC) to monitor solar storms and develop real SWAC news reports.

In this oceanography and data collection activity, learners cast real time sea state conditions using buoys from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

In this activity, learners explore the engineering behind seismographs and how technology has improved accurate recording of earthquakes.

Build your own version of the classic physics toy using simple materials.

In this activity, learners explore watercraft engineering and sailing.

Can gelatin (like Jell-O ®) change the speed of light?

In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

In this activity (located at the top of the page), learners make an easy river strainer and see what they can catch.

In this space science activity, learners explore transits and the conditions when a transit may be seen.

In this activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Double Dutch), learners will stand twelve feet apart swinging a rope at the slowest tempo possible while someone uses a stopwatch to record

This activity guide includes instructions on how to build a "Shake Table" by mounting an eccentric mass (off center) on the shaft of a small dc motor.

In this activity, learners experiment with their voices and noisemakers to understand the connections between vibrations and the sounds created by those vibrations.

In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.