Community Science Workshop Network

In this activity, learners build their own construction cranes using tongue depressors and pushpins.

In this activity related to Newton's Laws of Motion, learners build a boat powered by a propeller in the air.

In this biology/ecology activity, learners construct a terrarium out of a tennis ball container. This terrarium is unique because it never has to be watered.

In this activity, learners test exhaled breath for carbon dioxide and learn how to use an indicator as a simple way to measure pH.

In this activity, learners build and play three math games. In the first game, called "Switcheroo," learners place marbles in holes 1 through 4 and 7 through 10.

In this activity (posted on March 20, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a stroboscope, a device that exploits the persistence of vision to make moving objects appear slow or stationary.

In this activity, learners create 3D geometric shapes using straws and pipe cleaners.

In this activity (posted on April 18, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures, using a 16" bik

In this activity, learners extract DNA from a strawberry and discover that DNA is in the food they eat.

In this activity, learners build a machine made of craft sticks to multiply the levering motion of their hands and create a device that bends and extends.