120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
46 projects
Use five cards to count, convert and send secret messages in binary, the language computers use.
45 to 70 min · 4 materialsView projectDiscover a simple idea that guarantees surprising facts, such as two people in a class sharing a birthday month.
40 to 60 min · 3 materialsView projectMake secret messages with a Caesar cipher and crack coded messages using letter frequency.
40 to 70 min · 4 materialsView projectDiscover systematic ways to count arrangements and selections, and use them to solve olympiad-style problems.
50 to 80 min · 3 materialsView projectDiscover why you can test for divisibility by 3 and 9 by adding digits, and prove it.
45 to 75 min · 3 materialsView projectDecide whether a route can cross every bridge once and discover the rule that solves every such puzzle.
50 to 80 min · 4 materialsView projectMeasure pulse before, during and after exercise and analyze how fast the body recovers.
40 to 60 min · 5 materialsView projectExplore arithmetic that wraps around like a clock and use it to solve remainder and last digit puzzles.
50 to 80 min · 3 materialsView projectDraw polygons on dot paper, count points, and discover a formula for area using only dots.
50 to 90 min · 4 materialsView projectScatter random points in a square, count how many land inside a quarter circle, and use the ratio to estimate pi.
50 to 90 min · 5 materialsView projectEstimate the number of beans in a bag the way biologists estimate wildlife populations.
45 to 75 min · 5 materialsView projectEncrypt with a keyword and break the cipher by splitting the message and using frequency analysis on each part.
1 to 1.7 hr · 4 materialsView projectFlip 10 coins many times, build a histogram of heads, and compare it with the binomial model.
1 to 1.7 hr · 4 materialsView projectCode the Fibonacci sequence two ways, compare their speed, and watch the ratio of terms home in on the golden ratio.
1 to 1.7 hr · 3 materialsView projectUse a string and a weight to measure the acceleration of gravity and judge how trustworthy your result is.
60 to 90 min · 7 materialsView projectRun a two-group reaction time experiment, calculate means and standard error, and decide whether the difference is real.
1.3 to 2 hr · 4 materialsView projectRecord how a cup of hot water cools, fit an exponential model, and use it to predict the temperature at a later time.
1 to 2 hr · 6 materialsView projectFind the fastest route on a weighted map by hand, then turn the method into code.
1.2 to 2 hr · 4 materialsView projectDrop stacks of coffee filters, measure their steady fall speed, and show how air drag grows with speed.
1 to 1.7 hr · 5 materialsView projectDiscover why the average of two numbers is never less than their geometric mean and use it to solve optimization problems.
1 to 1.7 hr · 3 materialsView projectCut squares from a sheet to fold an open box, then model its volume and find the cut that holds the most.
60 to 90 min · 7 materialsView projectSolve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, find the minimum number of moves, and prove your formula by induction.
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