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.
Good Life Challenge
In this activity, learners connect individual actions that support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, (SDG).
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Exploring Materials - Liquid Crystals
In this activity, learners will investigate the properties of a heat sensitive liquid crystal and make their own liquid crystal sensor to take home.
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Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)
In this activity, learners make a collaborative stained glass window and a take-away card with pre-made nanoparticle solutions containing silver or gold
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Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules
In this activity, learners make self-assembled polymer spheres.
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Exploring Materials - Thin Films
In this activity, learners create a colorful bookmark using a super thin layer of nail polish on water.
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Exploring Forces - Gravity
In this activity, learners will discover that size can affect the way materials like water behave.
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Try measuring little things!
In this activity, learners use a ruler to measure small things and consider the need for special measurement tools at the nanoscale.
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Building with Biology: Tech Tokens
In this activity, learners consider the potential advantages and disadvantages of various areas of synthetic biology research, before investing in them with "tech tokens."
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Exploring the Universe: Imagining Life
In this activity, learners imagine extreme environments that may exist beyond Earth and create living things that could thrive there.
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Exploring the Universe: Exoplanet Transits
In this activity, learners model one method to search for exoplanets by using a lightbox and mystery objects.
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