![Group of children and adults using dry ice to make bubbles in Explore Science Let's Do Chemistry Sublimation Bubbles activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/2020-12/hero%20short%20activities%20ExSci_Chem_20180219_1509.jpg?h=42c56089&itok=HWOdWDCH)
Short Activities
Short activities are brief hands-on experiences lasting less than 15 minutes for small groups of people.
They are often presented at a table, cart, or demonstration space in a variety of settings such as a museum exhibit gallery, classroom, or other public or group setting. Multiple short activities can be combined to form a longer activity.
Macro, Micro and Nano Memory card game
In this activity, learners play a memory game to explore the macroscale, microscale and nanoscale through representative objects.
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![learners and facilitator extract sample with pipette](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-01/SeeDNA.jpg?h=bfa41935&itok=0PTjRma6)
Building with Biology: See DNA
In this activity focused on synthetic biology, learners extract visible DNA from wheat germ and create necklaces to display their own sample of wheat germ DNA.
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![Solar Eclipse ativity with young museum visitors at 2017 Science Museum of Minnesota Earth Day event](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2024-01/Solar%20Eclipse%20ativity%20with%20young%20museum%20visitors%20at%202017%20Science%20Museum%20of%20Minnesota%20Earth%20Day%20event%20credit%20Science%20Museum%20of%20Minnesota%20for%20NISE%20Network%20_T3B0605.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=IKk315g7)
Exploring the Solar System: Solar Eclipse
In this activity, learners investigate the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon to create shadows and learn about solar eclipses.
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![A learner gives commands to another learner who is blindfolded and is navigating a obstacle course.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/es_rovers.png?h=027877af&itok=HYtTqcX6)
Exploring the Solar System: Mars Rovers
In this activity, learners must work together to navigate a large obstacle course, similar to how scientists and engineers communicate with rovers to explore distant worlds.
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![Photo of person pouring water on soil and sand to demonstrate erosion](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/land_activity.jpg?h=dd99b896&itok=we6abGF7)
Exploring Earth: Land Cover
In this activity, learners model some of the ways natural processes affect Earth’s landscape through erosion and sediment pollution.
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![Explore Science: Sustainable Futures logo in full color](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/_susfuturespub_logo_v_color_500px_0.jpg?itok=UaARS5Sk)
Good Life Challenge
In this activity, learners connect individual actions that support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, (SDG).
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![Ready Set Self Assemble children holding hands](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2024-02/ready_set_self_assemble_acitivity_with_children_holding_hands_readysetsa_photo_1of3_dec09.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=R9C-b9qz)
Ready, Set, Self-Assemble
In this activity, learners explore the concept of self-assembly through three full-body, interactive games.
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![Facilitator showing learners the lotus leaf effect](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/catalog/programs/Lotus_effect_EExpo2008.jpg?itok=6w3QNWri)
Lotus Leaf Effect
In this activity, learners explore how some leaves are self cleaning and repel water due to their nanoscale features.
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![Young learner in a purple jacket assembles a nanotube model made of plastic rods and spheres](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20150321GH1_0336.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=QYsw8DoV)
Nanotube Models
In this activity, learners will be able to use Molecular Visions model kits to build carbon nanotubes.
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![Girl looking at objects in a beaker filled with liquid that appear to be invisible](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/11070/invisibility_2.jpg?h=e4c0da04&itok=Nb5ewATQ)
Exploring Properties - Invisibility
In this activity, learners investigate how glass objects can be "hidden" in some liquids through refraction.
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