RAFT Bay Area

Practice using absolute values using this hands-on game from RAFT.

In this fast-paced game of addition, students discover that the "absolute value...

Hands-on education engages students, improves their academic performance, and instills in them a lifelong love and pursuit of learning. It helps t...

San Jose, CA - Resource Area for Teaching, RAFT, and HP teamed up with Orchard Elementary School in San Jose to bring the business community into t...

This activity is about using Proportions to study elusive populations!

Students capture samples of tagged and untagged "salmon" to estimate the to...

Gain a deeper understanding of animal and plant cells by creating a model from repurposed materials.

This fast-paced game reinforces place value, rounding, and comparison of number values! It may be customized to include decimals, fractions, and/or...

A fun building activity in which students can explore topics comparing parts of a whole and equivalent fractions.

View the Flip Over Fractions Ide...

Explore what happens when a coiled spring is dropped. Expectations are sometimes different from reality. These discrepant events can create memorab...

Create Identical looking spheres, called Inertial Balls, which will roll down ramps at different speeds! Set inquiring minds to work to figure out...

Create a bridge building challenge and explore a self supporting bridge designed by Leonardo Da Vinci. Be amazed by the bridge's ingenuity and simp...

Explore forces, trajectories, and flight stability with straw "rockets" shot from an easily made adjustable launcher.

View the Lunch Plate Launch ...

Which inner planet has the shortest year? Learn the answer and more by building a model to show how Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury move around the...

Create a device that allows students to combine the primary colors of light to create secondary colors and tertiary colors, forming a visible color...

RAFT Battery Science Workshop: Light & Power up the Learning!:Gain hands-on experience for making a number of electrical projects that will move, ...

Transforming the learning experience.

Learn more about RAFT with this informative video.

Create an attractive, reusable, seed germinator that allows students to easily collect data on root and shoot growth. View roots growing, create gr...

Create a musical instrument in minutes to explore the science of sound production!

This video is based off the Pull My Finger Idea Sheet by RAFT....

A cool illusion using polarized filter material.

The idea sheet for this video can be found at:

http://www.raft.net/ideas/B......

RAFT MultiCultural Event 2010

RAFT Idea Video - Catch A Falling Ring

How does a falling metal ring become knotted to a chain loop?

Strengthen observational skills, build persi...

Students can build and manipulate these scale model catapults to learn about motion, the history of science and technology, and the scientific method.

This simple noisemaker is a great way to gain attention and to investigate the variables in creating sounds using a vibrating rubber band.

Learn how to make a Tongue Depressor Harmonica with this idea sheet video made by RAFT.

Learn how to make a basic electronic circuit with this idea sheet video.