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In this activity, learners explore how objects can have positive, negative, or neutral charges, which attract, repel and move between objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple qualitative conductivity tester with a battery, bulb and foil.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Are balloons porous or non-porous? In this activity, learners watch an entertaining Mr. O video and conduct a simple experiment to find out.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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By tossing, collecting, and sorting beanbags, learners understand how the IBEX spacecraft uses its sensors to detect and map the locations of particle types in the interstellar boundary.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple electrolysis device. Then learners use an indicating solution to visualize hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use two different techniques to estimate how many little things fit into one bigger thing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use colored candy to represent subatomic particles and make a model of an atom (Bohr model).

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this lesson, learners cut paper into very small pieces to explore the small size of quarks, the smallest thing we know of on Earth.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this trick, learners discover how to stick a straw to the palm of their hand, window door, or anywhere using static electricity.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes