120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
12 projects
Hunt for circles, squares, triangles and rectangles around your home and show what you found on a bar graph.
30 to 45 min · 5 materialsView projectFold paper strips into halves, thirds, fourths and more, and use them to compare and match fractions.
35 to 55 min · 5 materialsView projectUse rows of counters to see multiplication, and discover why 3 times 4 equals 4 times 3.
30 to 45 min · 3 materialsView projectCut a tangram puzzle into seven pieces and rearrange them to make animals, houses and shapes that share the same area.
30 to 45 min · 3 materialsView projectOne partner builds a secret structure and describes it, and the other rebuilds it using only measurements and words.
40 to 60 min · 5 materialsView projectFind the shape of rectangular garden that gives the most room when you have a fixed amount of fence.
40 to 65 min · 5 materialsView projectWrite instructions for building a hidden object so well that a partner can rebuild it without ever seeing it.
40 to 60 min · 5 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 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 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 projectEduVistaHQ.com · Learn • Explore • Grow. Olympiad-inspired activities are practice for the skills those competitions use. EduVistaHQ is not affiliated with Science Olympiad or any other competition organization.