Children's Museum Of Houston


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In this activity, learners use their estimation skills to match the unmarked containers to their amounts.

free Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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This is part 1 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity. In this activity, learners explore how sedimentary rocks form.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Use a homemade potato launcher to explore air pressure. This activity includes simple instructions on how to build a homemade propulsion pipe using pipe, a wooden dowel and duct tape.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this nutrition/food science activity, learners conduct an experiment and record data to compare the amount of fat in different foods.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore probability with dice.

free Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a toy that demonstrates the First Law of Thermodynamics or the Law of Conservation of Energy.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this fun activity for any size group, early elementary learners complete physical challenges while playing a game. Learners add new challenges to the "wheel of fitness" that they want to try.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Build a glider that uses the same physics as a curve ball, for less than a dime.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity helps learners learn about math through a real-world scenario. Three friends are baking cookies for their school’s bake sale.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 5 to 10 minutes