![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.
![Two learners and one facilitator look at gold nanoparticles suspended in a solution which makes a red color](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20110918GH_241.jpg?h=cb7b63f3&itok=57PjNBxI)
Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows
In this activity, learners use contact paper and colored tissue paper to create a "nanoparticle stained-glass" window.
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![Image of three young learners looking at recycled materials card](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/SustainABLE_CreativeReinvention_activityguide1.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=oso8c2tI)
Creative Reinvention
In this activity, learners are asked to guess what recycled materials were used to make various products, and challenge them to think of creative ways to reuse the waste materials in their homes.
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![Illustration showing the path of the 2017 solar eclipse across the United States](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/eclipse_postcard_0.jpg?h=ae1c2195&itok=btkV2E-f)
Eclipse Pinhole Postcard
This two-sided postcard features a map of the US and what percentage of the eclipse you'd see at different locations on one side and how to view a solar eclipse safely on the other side.
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![Photo of the materials in Pack a Space Telescope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/12_pack_telescope.jpg?h=d53cd676&itok=QL-6smD1)
Exploring the Universe: Pack a Space Telescope
In this activity, learners design, build, pack, and deploy their own model space telescopes in this activity.
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![Learner demonstrates how an electroscope interacts with static electricity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/static_activity.jpg?h=af834073&itok=O_SL-dac)
Exploring the Universe: Static Electricity
In this activity, learners will discover how static electricity works by building a simplified tool that detects invisible forces on Earth and in space.
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![Image of a NASA Solar System Asteroid card](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-11/NASA%20Solar%20System%20Asteroid%20card.png?h=2f5c196c&itok=GBW7jk-x)
Earth & Space Solar System Trading Cards Training Games
Professional development training tool solar system card games to prepare staff and volunteers to facilitate Earth and space science activities.
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![two children looking at Blue Morpho butterfly](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8886/butterfly.jpg?h=aabaf923&itok=-SMZfUJN)
Exploring Structures - Butterfly
In this activity, learners investigate how butterfly wings get their color and that some wings get their color from the nanoscale structures on the wings instead of pigments.
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![A beaker after crystallization demonstration](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/10751/img_1202.jpg?itok=MGiJXJam)
Self-Assembly in Crystals
In this activity, learners explore self-assembly through an interactive demonstration on crystallization.
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![Prize wheel from the activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/11124/img_4328_crop.jpg?itok=0NQXmL7B)
Nanotechnology Spin-a-Prize!
In this activity, learners discover the basics of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a game show format.
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![Family engaged in electric squeeze hadns-on activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/12194/electric_squeeze.jpg?h=d8be8a9d&itok=_aycP8up)
Exploring Properties - Electric Squeeze
In this activity, learners investigate the properties of piezoelectric materials using an ammeter, piezo disk, and piezo buzzer.
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