How can you build your own seismograph?
Hands-on Activities
Build your own seismograph using common household materials.
Can you artificially pollinate a flower?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build an artificial pollinator.
Can you design a sustainable vehicle?
Hands-on Activities
Design a transportation vehicle which can be made or powered sustainably.
Lexie’s Holiday Wish List
Hands-on Activities
Try this fun board game that develops your unplugged coding skills.
Can you program Dot to get back to Earth?
Hands-on Activities
Using Scratch, create a program that will get Dot back to Earth.
Can you debug these 3D shapes?
Hands-on Activities
Using cubes, build a 3D shape based off of pictures taken from different perspectives.
Can you code a program with graph paper?
Hands-on Activities
Create a code to travel from the start square to the end square of a graph paper or draw a picture.
Recycling Yarn Part 2: Spinning
Hands-on Activities
This is the second part of a two-part activity on recycling yarn.
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
How can I build an electromagnet that moves paperclips?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build an electromagnet which can carry paperclips over a distance of one metre.
How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?
Hands-on Activities
How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?
Build a Paper Bridge
Hands-on Activities
Build and test a bridge made out of nothing but paper!
Why can we see shadows at night?
Hands-on Activities
Take a walk after dark to find shadows.
Why do leaves change colour in the fall?
Hands-on Activities
How do the green leaves of summer change to vibrant colours in fall? Explore plant pigments in this chromatography activity.
Why do oil and water not mix?
Hands-on Activities
What chemistry determines how oil and water behave when mixed? Explore the mixing of oil and water and the density of liquids in this activity.