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This game plays a dozen different sounds, altered to simulate what they would sound like if you had hearing loss.

In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Plants—The Green Machines), learners examine the effects that light and air have on green plants.

In this optics activity, learners build a spy tool to secretly view things over walls or around corners.

In this math lesson, learners investigate fractions by playing a game.

In this activity, learners use the Sun's energy to cook marshmallows. Learners construct the solar oven out of simple everyday materials.

In this engineering activity, learners construct sturdy geodesic structures out of gumdrops and toothpicks. Use this activity to explore engineering principles as well as sturdy shapes and triangles.

During this activity, learners take part in a variety of tasks which involve moving and balancing different body parts.

In this activity, Christina Elson, an archaeologist from the American Museum of Natural History, guides learners as they investigate an "artifact" and record their observations in a field journal.

In this activity, learners will experiment with salt and ice in order to turn a bag of ingredients into ice cream.

This activity is an investigation of static electricity. What happens when you get "static cling?" Basically, you pile up electrons on one thing, which attracts the protons in something else.

In this exercise (Activity #2 on page), learners test their distance vision to evaluate their overall eyesight.

In this online activity, learners role-play as medics, treating a patient with missing organs. Learners select different organs, then drag them into the proper location in the patient's body.

Educator Amy O'Donnell from the American Museum of Natural History guides learners to create a diorama of a coral reef.

This experiment describes how to create a "dribble bottle" which only leaks water when the cap is unscrewed. The full water bottle has a small hole made with a push pin.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers incorporate biometric technologies into products as well as the challenges of engineers who must weigh privacy, security and other issues when designin

This is an activity about center of gravity. Learners will balance a fork on a glass by finding its center of gravity.

“Exploring Earth: Bear’s Shadow” is a hands-on activity designed primarily for young visitors and their families. Participants move a flashlight around an object to make and experiment with shadows.

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

In "Chemistry Makes Scents," participants use their noses to distinguish between chemicals with very similar structures.

In this activity, learners use chemistry to produce weathered "antiqued" paper with burned edges. Learners first soak white paper in coffee and then apply a charring solution of ammonium chloride.