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Discover geometry by creating shapes from loops of paper. In this activity, paper loops transform to give you totally new structures when you cut them.

In this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways.

In this activity, learners experiment and observe how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight our planet absorbs.

In this hands-on botany activity, learners sprout vegetables in film canisters.

In this activity (on page 134 of the PDF), learners explore reaction time.

This is an activity about lung capacity. Learners will measure their own lung capacity using a homemade spirometer.

In this activity, learners pretend that they are orcas and search for their "pods" using Morse code.

In this math activity, learners play a game similar to 20 Questions, in which learners must identify a secret number drawn from a bag.

In this activity described on pages 2-3 of the PDF, participants debate whether there there's life elsewhere in the universe.

Space telescopes can offer us better, clearer views of the universe (and of our own planet) than Earth-based telescopes can, but getting these large, delicate pieces of equipment into orbit is tricky.

This is an activity in which learners create magic wands from a variety of materials making their choices by considering what kind of magic they want to make.

In this activity, learners determine the shape of an unseen object by bouncing a ball off the object.

In "Exploring the Universe: Exoplanet Transits," participants simulate one of the methods scientists use to discover planets orbiting distant stars.

In this activity, learners mix white craft glue and borax solution together to produce a surprising new material: GOOP!

In this physics activity, learners explore how sound is created by vibrations.

In this activity, learners add squares to paper dominoes to make polyominoes.

Learners cut and fold a paper helicopter from the template in this PDF. They practice twirling the helicopter and observe what happens as they modify their tries.

In this activity (located on page 6 of the PDF), learners explore the ways people access water in their homes.

In this activity (on pages 4-5), learners make fake snow by adding water to the super-absorbant chemical from diapers, sodium polyacrylate.

In this activity, learners build a paper stellated rhombic dodecahedron, a three-dimensional 12-pointed star.