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In this activity, learners build inexpensive pulley assemblies from pulley wheels used for sliding screen door replacement or from clothesline spreaders.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore physics by building a catapult that launches marshmallows with household objects.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners are challenged, using everyday objects, to create simple machines to complete specific tasks.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore trebuchet design. Teams of learners construct trebuchets from everyday materials.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build their own construction cranes using tongue depressors and pushpins.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 2 to 4 hours