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Learners add drops of four liquids (water, alcohol, salt water, and detergent solution) to different surfaces and observe the liquids' behavior.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners experiment with creating various types of bubble solutions and testing which ingredients form longer-lasting bubbles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this simple demonstration, learners investigate the properties of air pressure. Learners place an index card on top of a glass full of water, then invert the glass.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners carefully pour vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup in any order into a cup and discover that regardless of the order they are poured, the liquids arrange themselves in layers the same way.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a gelatinous slime using guar gum powder and borax. Educators can use this simple activity to introduce learners to colloids.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners heat and cool carbonated water to find out whether temperature has an effect on how fast the dissolved gas leaves carbonated water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners compare the stability of egg white foams with various additives.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This fun video explains how to make a batch of oobleck (or slime) and why this special substance is known as a "non-Newtonian" fluid. Watch as Mr.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Build a hydrometer (measures the density of a liquid) using a pipet or eyedropper.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity has learners observe water and compare it to other liquids.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use heat to separate zinc and copper in a penny. This experiment demonstrates physical properties and how physical change (phase change) can be used to separate matter.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners heat ice and water of the same temperature to get a hands-on look at phase changes. This is an easy and inexpensive way to introduce states of matter and thermodynamics.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this introductory activity, learners discover that sugar and food coloring dissolve in water but neither dissolves in oil.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners add different liquids (water, salt water, alcohol, and detergent solution) to water and observe the different ways the different liquids combine with water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate whether having sugar already dissolved in water affects the speed of dissolving and the movement of sugar and color through the water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This interactive demonstration reintroduces learners to three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and introduces them to a fourth state of matter, plasma.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make colored sugar and add it to water, alcohol, and oil to discover some interesting differences in dissolving.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners identify an unknown liquid by comparing its behavior to known liquids. Learners drop liquids onto different surfaces and see how the liquids behave.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners create beautiful fluid motion. They explore fluid dynamics, surface tension, solubility, and buoyancy while mixing liquids together.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes