120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
22 projects
Measure the same things with paper clips, blocks and a ruler and discover why we need standard units.
25 to 40 min · 5 materialsView projectBuild trains of colored blocks that follow a pattern and figure out what comes next.
20 to 35 min · 2 materialsView projectRun a pretend shop and find the fewest coins to make each price and give back change.
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 projectGuess lengths, masses and volumes first, then measure them, and see how close your estimates can get.
30 to 45 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 projectPlace the numbers 1 to 9 in a grid so every row, column and diagonal adds to the same total.
30 to 50 min · 3 materialsView projectAct out handshakes with friends and discover the pattern behind counting pairs.
30 to 45 min · 4 materialsView projectUse a scale to place the planets along a strip of paper and discover how empty space really is.
40 to 70 min · 5 materialsView projectSurvey your family and friends, find the mean, median and mode, and decide which one tells the story best.
45 to 70 min · 5 materialsView projectUse 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 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 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 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 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 projectSolve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, find the minimum number of moves, and prove your formula by induction.
1 to 1.7 hr · 3 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.