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In this activity, learners work in teams to study the observation skills essential to scientific research.

In this activity, learners estimate risks associated with different events and compare their estimates to the real possibilities.

In this activity, learners discover that the human brain is highly adaptable. Learners try to toss beanbags at a target while wearing prism goggles.

In this health and genetics activity, learners determine whether tasting the bitter compound PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) influences which vegetables a person likes.

In this activity, learners will perform various investigations to understand the vestibular-ocular reflex and learn about the importance of visual cues in maintaining balance.

In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.

In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.

In this activity, learners play a series of simple games to investigate navigation without visual and sound cues.

In this activity, learners use their senses to collect information about a fruit and record their findings in a Science Journal.

In this activity, learners set up an experiment to investigate the effects of hot air on the path of a laser beam.

Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!

In this four-part activity, learners explore how the body works and the chemistry that happens inside living things.

In this activity, learners will explore how the human brain interprets environmental stimuli.

In this activity, learners investigate how geometry plays a role in perspective.

In this lab, learners experience how dolphins and other echolocating animals use their senses to locate and identify objects without using their sense of sight.

In this activity, learners practice drawing 3D structures in two dimensions. Learners draw cube stacks from five different points of view.

In this activity, learners use earthworms as "unknown creatures" from the South American jungle to find out how animals use senses.