
Short Activities
Short activities are brief hands-on experiences lasting less than 15 minutes for small groups of people.
They are often presented at a table, cart, or demonstration space in a variety of settings such as a museum exhibit gallery, classroom, or other public or group setting. Multiple short activities can be combined to form a longer activity.

Exploring the Solar System: Observe the Moon
From Earth, we can look up and see the Moon with our own eyes.
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Exploring Structures - DNA
In this activity, learners create a necklace of wheat germ DNA to explore self-assembly
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Tiny Particles, Big Trouble!
In this activity, learners investigate clean rooms by sniffing scents that are too small to see, trying on the head-to-toe suits that scientists wear in clean rooms, and manipulating pretend silicon wafers with tweezers.
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Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator
In this activity, learners imagine and draw what a space elevator might look like, what support systems would surround it, and what other technologies it might enable.
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Exploring Materials - Oobleck
In this activity, learners investigate the properties of a cornstarch and water mixture, called Oobleck, and test its ability to protect from impacts.
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Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics
In this activity, learners investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.
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Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes
In this activity, learners use a flexible magnet as a model for a scanning probe microscope.
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Building with Biology: VirEx Delivery
In this activity, learners explore the potential for engineered viruses to deliver beneficial, targeted genetic information to sites throughout the body.
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Exploring the Universe: Orbiting Objects
In this activity, learners experiment with different sized and weighted balls on a stretchy fabric gravity well.
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Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light
In this activity, learners discover how colored filters can help reveal more about an image and we can use light and filters to learn more about an object.
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