Upcycle leftover packaging to create this cute all-ages cloud mobile!

Learn how different colors interact with heat in this simple solar-powered activity!

This activity is geared toward elementary-level learners, but can easily scale up or down depending on existing science knowledge. Younger children may appreciate performing the experiment with less emphasis on the background and concluding information, while older students may choose to supplement this lesson with in-depth research on wavelengths and energy.

Rock and soil samples reveal a lot about the chemistry, physical structure, and ability to support life on a planet, moon, or asteroid.

Can you complete this engineering challenge to design a device that takes core samples of a potato “asteroid”? This activity is geared toward upper-elementary and middle-school students.

Join one of our educators for a series of at-home science demonstrations on atmospheric pressure!

Weather: it’s more than just a conversation-starter.

What causes weather, how do we study it, and what is the weather like on other planets? Learn all about it in today’s lesson, geared toward middle-school learners!

Create your own world of mountains and valleys, and watch the effects of a rainstorm!

Appropriate for pre-k and up, with supervision (mess potential!)

Assemble and test your own space shuttle glider with this at-home project from NASA!

In this introduction to coding, learn how computers store information in numerical format and test your skills at reading & writing in binary!

Geared toward upper elementary through middle school learners.

Formulate the diameter of the moon using proportions.

This activity is geared toward middle- and high schoolers due to the mathematical component.

Learn about orbits in our solar system by creating a simple, all-ages model.

Learn how clouds form—and see it in action!—with this at-home science lesson and video demonstration.

Join us as we walk through the surprisingly simple process of creating your own pH indicator paper! Appropriate for all ages with adult supervision.

Join one of our educators to learn more about how we test and modify the pH levels in our hydroponic vegetable garden!

Hone your hands-on science skills by recording astronomical data from home

Need an enriching activity for the whole family? This ongoing project can be completed as a group! Build skills in observation, astronomical understanding, writing, sketching/fine motor skills, and more by creating a Night Sky Journal of observational fieldnotes.

Can be modified to incorporate various age/grade/skill levels.

As NASA and others talk about more, longer trips to the Moon and plans for a mission to Mars, we have to consider the hostile environments we’ll encounter and the limits on our equipment. What qualities and technological capabilities will astronauts need in order to make those journeys?

In this lesson, adapted from our 2020 Term 3 Homeschool Workshop, we practice critical thinking, analysis, and discussion skills, and ask ourselves: what does it mean to do something not in spite of it being hard, but because it is hard?

Geared toward grades 6-8.

Create a scale model of the Earth and Sun with craft supplies in your own home!

This activity is a hands-on lesson in proportions, scale, and relative sizes in the solar system.

Geared toward middle- and high schoolers due to the mathematical component.

Get to know the stars…including one very special star in particular!

Geared toward pre-K and lower-elementary level students.

In this timely multimedia lesson, we explore what causes Earth’s seasons, and what it means to experience an equinox.

Geared toward upper elementary-level students.