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In this activity, learners conduct scientific research on multitasking. Learners determine if multitasking with media while doing homework affects their ability to successfully complete the homework.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, two groups of learners create two separate landform models out of clay (mountains and valleys).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will put a set of containers in order by capacity. Would the tallest container hold more or less water than the wide, short one?

free Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity helps students learn how computers "compress" text by identifying repeating patterns of letters, words, and phrases.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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Use this activity to build division and number sense into any snack time or whenever there is a limited set of things to share among a group: If we deal these out, could everyone get two pieces?

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners investigate the functional design of leaves on a tree.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this health, cooking, and math activity, learners explore nutrition and examine nutrition labels.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Learners will collect pennies to donate and will combine charitable giving with estimating and calculating with money. To start choose a charity or something to save up for together.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an online activity about simple machines. Learners will try their hand at putting these amazing devices to work. They will use several simple machines to help "build" a tree house.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Luge) is a full inquiry-based challenge related to motion and design optimization.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use a hand-made protractor to measure angles they find in playground equipment.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in groups to create a time line representing significant moments in their lives.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners listen to songs and decode hidden messages based on the same principle as a modem. As a final challenge, learners decode the binary messages in a music video.

free Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in teams to simulate the process used by Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to determine the location of a fallen meteorite in Antarctica.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This highly visual model demonstrates the atomic theory of matter which states that a gas is made up of tiny particles of atoms that are in constant motion, smashing into each other.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will create a diagram of the ocean zones and determine what organisms live in each zone.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners carry out a scientific investigation of dust in their classroom. Learners produce an analysis on graph paper of the dust they collect over the course of a few days.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, "space cadets" (learners) use writing and sequencing skills in addition to directional words/ordered pairs to guide Buzz Lightyear (from the movie "Toy Story") through a grid to reac

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes