Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Have fun with additive mixing! Observe what happens when the three primary colors of light--red, green and blue--are mixed together, resulting in white light.

Learners attach an egg to a rubber-band bungee cord and drop the egg.

In this activity, learners design and build their own parachute using household materials with the goal of landing their passenger safely on a target.

In this activity, young learners will make their own flower seed nursery in an egg carton.

In this simulation activity, learners act as parts of the circulatory system and discover how it serves as a transport system for food/nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and waste.

In this activity, learners explore the economics of coal mining as you they use fake money to purchase mining tools, attempt to carefully mine their cookies, sell their chocolate chip ore, and try to

Learners roll their fingerpads in ink pads, and then press their fingerprints onto balloons. Learners inflate the balloons to produce enlarged versions of their fingerprints.

In this activity, learners investigate static electricity using everyday objects at four different stations.

Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.

Learners use a transparent plastic glove as a container to grow seeds. A different kind of seed can be planted in each finger.