Boston Children's Museum

In this activity, learners will engineer a roof using simple materials to protect a construction paper person from a rainstorm.

Learners will do an experiment to determine which type of paper is strongest while focusing on variables and collecting data.

In this activity, learners explore different ways to stack cups to meet a personal goal.

Learners will explore the chemistry of mucous and its importance to our health by following a process to make their own replica "snot." The activity includes a time and age recommendation, a materials

Learners will follow a specific process to make their own paper using scrap paper, newspaper, or junk mail.

In this activity, learners will use household items to design and build an elevator that will carry 2 passengers to a height of 16 inches...or higher!

In this activity, learners will discover how fossils are dug out of the earth by carefully exposing treasures hidden in an artificial rock that is easily made at home.

In this activity, learners will build a stomp-powered launcher to blast off paper rockets they design. Materials can be found at a local hardware store or you may already have them at home.

In this activity, learners use water, oil, and food coloring to observe a chemical reaction that creates a shower of colors inside of a glass.

In this simple game, learners start to understand how to sort and categorize objects by trying to guess the connection between three items that someone else has chosen.