COSI - Online Activities

Online Activities for Families & Educators

COSI’s Online Activities are an extension of the great fun and educational experiences you can find in our building and with our educational outreach programs.

If you need help integrating COSI's activities within your lesson plans or would like additional COSI classroom activities, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Plan It Green: The Big Switch!

“Plan It Green: The Big Switch!” is a web-based, light-hearted city simulator that is easy and fun to play! Gameplay consists of city-building and management in accordance with energy-saving sources of power.

Play the game!

Simple Machines

Learn about simple machines and the forces that make them work.

Play Simple Machines

Bet the Farm

Make all the key decisions as you run a farm for a year.

Play Bet the Farm

Virtual Knee Surgery

Perform total knee replacement surgery yourself! This is a pre-visit activity for COSI’s videoconference program, Surgical Suite: Total Knee Replacement.

Play Virtual Knee Surgery

Zoom: Travel to a Star and Back to Earth

When you travel near the speed of light to other areas of the galaxy and come back to Earth, be prepared. Strange things happen to the passage of time!

Play Zoom