In this activity, participants will build a scale model of the distances in the solar system using a roll of toilet paper to better understand distances in space.

An activity to demonstrate how a planisphere operates. A planisphere is a star chart analog computing instrument in the form of two adjustable disks that rotate on a common pivot.

This is a great hands-on activity for large-scale community events or even in class visits. Students build spider webs out of toothpicks, thin, flexible wires, and beads. This can act as a supplement to other bug-related activities or even to discussing elements of mathematics in nature.

Students take their fingerprints and identify the patterns.

The principles of electricity and magnetism can be used to communicate - for example by using an electromagnet to make a Morse code transmitter.

How can we use basic knowledge of how circuits work to construct a simple appliance? This burglar alarm is easy to understand based on knowledge of circuits and switches.

Students explore various aspects of flight and apply their knowledge by designing and testing paper planes.

Students will explore what happens in their nervous system, endocrine system and circulatory system when their brain detects stressful situations.

Students explore why some things dissolve but not others by learning about particle interactions.