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In this activity, learners make "totally tubular" forms of carbon. Learners use chicken wire to build macro models of carbon nanotubes.

In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

In this activity, learners explore scale by using building cubes to see how changing the length, width, and height of a three-dimensional object affects its surface area and its volume.

In this activity, which requires adult supervision, learners get to explore the awesome power of chemistry.

In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.

In this activity (located on page 10 of the PDF), learners explore the properties of spraying and dripping water, while making art.

In this demonstration, learners explore a variation of a Foucault pendulum, but upside down.

In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

In this activity, learners are challenged to calculate their own weight on various planets using a scale and calculator. Older learners may be challenged to do so without using calculators.

In this math activity, learners use a "function machine" to collect and organize simple data. The function machine in this case is a cardboard box and the input/output data are paper fish.

In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create and observe moire patterns.

This activity is designed to let learners measure their reaction time or response time to something they see.

In this activity, challenge learners to predict and investigate how many water drops they can fit on one penny.

In this math activity related to light, learners explore why a light, such as a candle or a streetlight, looks dimmer the farther away from it we get.

In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners investigate how much sugar is in a soda. Learners use sugar cubes to measure and calculate the amount of sugar in a bottle of soda.

In this math activity, learners observe and sketch cracking patterns in pavement.

In this math activity related to light, learners assemble a photometer and use it to estimate the power output of the Sun.

In this activity, learners watch a video to learn about a couple who built a home out of shipping containers in Brooklyn, New York.

In this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment.