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This activity lets you program your 'robot' (a willing friend) to pick up and dispose of some 'toxic waste' using as few commands as possible.

This design challenge is an open-ended exploration of linkages, a group of parts connected by hinges, and the types of motion they can create.

In this arts and crafts activity about animals and animal characteristics, learners will design animal hats and role-play as animals.

In this activity/demo about piezoelectricity, learners discover how some crystals produce electricity when squeezed.

Build and test a scale model of a rainforest canopy walkway.

Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).

Scientists use enormous wind tunnels to test the design of planes, helicopters, even the Space Shuttle.

Electrolysis is the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen. This Exploratorium activity allows learners to visualize the process with an acid-based indicator.

In this activity, early learners combine pre-cut recognizable shapes and their own abstract ideas to make representational pictures (e.g. houses, trees, shoes).

In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

In this activity, learners consider how a simple machine, a lever, turns a small push or pull (a small force) into a larger--or stronger--push or pull (a larger force).

In this activity about electricity, learners build and test a paper clip switch to turn on a light bulb.

In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.

In this simple and fun activity, learners discover the relationship between vibration and sound by making a squeaky toy instrument out of simple household materials.

In this activity (on page 5 of PDF), learners use dry ice and household materials to make scientifically accurate models of comets.

In this activity (on page 14 of PDF), learners use a pan full of flour and some rocks to create a moonscape.

In this activity, learners explore patterns and sequences as they observe fictional plant growth.

This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.

In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.

This activity explores the basic workings of a siphon, which is the core technology that makes toilets work.