Short Activities

An adult and child, both smiling, sit close together at a table as the child points to an image on the Wavetown illustration.

Radio Futures: I Spy Radio

Young learners explore a colorful illustration showing everyday uses of radio technologies.

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While sitting at a table, one child points a small transmitter at a vacuum-seal container that has a key finder inside, and another child holds a smartphone up to the other side of the container.

Radio Explorers: Messages from Space

Learners investigate the differences between sound and radio waves in a partial vacuum.

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An adult and a child holds a metal baking sheet above the antennae of a Wi-Fi router on a block of wood, placed on a table. Another child holds a shell of tinfoil around a block of wood placed apart from the first block.

Radio Explorers: Wi-Fi Detective

Learners explore how to manipulate the radio waves from a Wi-Fi router using household materials and an app to measure Wi-Fi signal strength.

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Two children are seated at a table spread with large cards that depict writing and various radio technologies. Both children are holding a card in each hand and smiling as they read the cards.

Radio Futures: You Decide

Learners discover how their own values and the values of other can shape the development and use of future radio technologies.

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Two gallon-sized paint cans–one made out of clear plastic and the other metal– are side by side on a table. Behind them, two youths are seated at the table. Together they place a handheld, hand crank radio with a long antenna into the plastic paint can.

Radio Explorers: Radio Silence

Learners compare and contrast how a variety of materials can block radio waves.

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A bracket containing different neurotechnology cards

Neuro Futures Championship Game

Pit new neurotechnologies head-to-head using a sports-style bracket.

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Attendees at January 2024 Arizona State University Winter School using Changing Brains activities

Neuro Futures Card Game

Prioritize cards with new neurotechnologies according to your own values and the values of others.

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cards showing human attributes and robot jobs

What Makes Us Human

Explore what it means to be human and how humanlike machines might become.

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DIY Sun Science App

DIY Sun Science for iPhones/iPads and Android devices is designed to make it easy for families and educators to learn about the Sun anywhere, anytime.

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