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Our Latest Project: Parachutes Build and test your own mini-parachutes! |
| YES
Mag Flyer One of the best paper airplane designs! Also, design your own. |
Talking
By Lightning Telegraph Build a telegraph so you can transmit secret messages |
Soda
Bottle Cyclone See what a tornado's vortex looks like. |
| Venus
Flytrap Create your own Audrey. |
Cynthia's
Cyclone Build your own "helicopter". |
Dracula's
Dinner Investigate how red blood cells are able to move through tiny capillaries. |
| Paper
Chromatography Separate pen ink into its component colours. |
Makin'
Yogurt Make your own yogurt with this overnight project. |
Super
Looper A flying device with circular wings. |
| Crystal
Gardens Crystals aren't alive, but they can grow. Try growing some. |
Robot-like-Hand Make a hand using cardboard, elastics, and string which simulates a robotic hand. |
Balloon
Rockets Find out how Newton’s third law helps take us to the Moon and beyond. |
| Geodesic
Club House A newspaper dome that you can fit inside. |
Salt
and Vinegar Crystals Grow some crystals using materials almost everyone has at home. |
BEAM
Solarspeeder Kit See what it would be like to build a real robot from a kit. |
| Design
a Strong Arm How strong can you make your cantilever? |
The
Leaning Tower of Pasta Make a giant tower using only spaghetti and marshmallows. |
Easy
Epsom Salts Crystals These crystals have a different shape than the Salt & Vinegar ones. |
| Volcano
in a Bottle Use simple household materials to simulate lava flow. |
Put
Some Spin on It This eggs-selent and easy experiment demonstrates Newton’s first law. |
Bridge
Over Cardboard Water See how much weight you can get your toothpick bridge to hold. |
| Build
a Web Page Learn HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and make your own web page. |
Poppin'
Rockets Use simple household materials to launch a rocket (a film canister) sky high. |
Lightning
in a Pan Make miniature lightning bolts. |
| Crazy
Chemical Pie Cook up a storm with this chemical pie! |
Goodie-Goodie
Gumdrop Dome Try making your own low-tech dome out of gumdrops. |
Stereo-Eo-Eo-Eo You can build a stereoscope from a cardboard box and some pieces of mirror. |
| Fantastic
Fudge Check out our Fantastic Fail-Free Fudge. |
Marshmallow
Madness Marshmallows used to be made from the marshmallow plant’s root and can be traced way back to—no, not China—Egypt! |
Hot
and Cold Chemistry If you ever wanted to ionize something, here's your chance! |
| Make
Your Own Mummy Create and decorate your very own mummy. It takes a bit of time—but it's worth it. |
Wind
Gauge Create your own anemometer to clock the speed of the wind. |
Home-Made
Fire Extinguisher Break the fire triangle with this "cool" experiment. |
| Which
Animal is "Smarter" Test the mental powers of dogs and cats. It takes some time, but inquiring minds want to know: which animal is really smarter? |
Eat
Your Breakfast Metals Quick chemistry shows you how iron sometimes makes its way to the breakfast table. |
Odin's
Edibles This project is really only an excuse to do some cooking. But the Vikings really did make bread, and now you can make it the same way they did! |
| Hnefatafl Before chess swept away its popularity, the Viking board game hnefatafl––and its variations––were all the rage. |
Watch
a Caterpillar Transform Want to see a caterpillar become a moth or a butterfly? Build a bug cage, find a caterpillar to babysit and watch the process first hand! |
Build
a Mason Bee House With some wood, a drill, and a few other materials, you can build a mason bee nest. |
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