![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 girls discuss their ideas for flying cars with toy car props to a facilitator](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-03/20120722GH2_097.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=DOrW46X1)
Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars
In this activity, learners imagine and build a flying car out of small foam pieces while having conversations about future technology.
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![Memory Metal activity components including signs, guides, hair dryer, memory metal, and bucket.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/memory_metal.jpg?h=6b4e2299&itok=GfNVJCAu)
Exploring Materials - Memory Metal
In this activity, learners compare the properties of a memory metal spring to an ordinary spring.
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![Learner experimenting with magic sand](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/NanoDays2009_263.jpg?itok=m940uHEo)
Magic Sand / Nanosurfaces
In this activity, learners discover that "magic" sand repels water because of a nanoscale hydrophobic coating on the grains of sand.
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![a group of learners build UV color changing beaded bracelets](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20151009_1142.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=nhC3c3sK)
Exploring Properties - UV Bracelets
In this activity, learners use ultraviolet light to change the color of beads that contain photochromic dye.
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Interference Acrylics: Painting with Structural Color
In this activity, learners explore structural color by comparing acrylic paint and interference acrylic paint
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![A group of learners observing a cloud that was made in a plastic bottle](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/ExSci_Space_Promo_20160717_1416-XL.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=CfnH16LN)
Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds
In this activity, learners create a cloud in a bottle and explore it with laser light.
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![Learner investigates the crater made in the sand after dropping a weight into the sand box](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/exsci_space_craters_activity.png?h=9e6c9da4&itok=RpZIqLlV)
Exploring the Solar System: Craters
In this activity, learners drop objects of various sizes and shapes into a tub full of sand and other materials, to simulate the formation of a meteorite crater.
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![two learners and a facilitator watch a soapy solution with dry ice make a giant bubble filled with smoke](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/ExSci_Chem_20180219_1380.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=M6PBPQ3w)
Sublimation Bubbles
In this activity, learners explore sublimation by capturing carbon dioxide gas in soapy bubbles sublimated from dry ice.
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![Sustainable Futures logo in full color](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/_susfuturespub_logo_v_color_500px.jpg?itok=lgXKWbEd)
Sustainable Futures collection of public programs
In this collection of activities, learners explore sustainability science concepts in a variety of activities.
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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.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2023-03/ms2.jpg?h=d5227d54&itok=wYaMS_10)
Radio Explorers: Messages from Space
Learners investigate the differences between sound and radio waves in a partial vacuum.
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