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In this activity, kids make and play with Ooze before testing the material in an egg drop!

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult
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In this activity, learners work in groups to determine the mass and volume of four samples: glass marbles, steel washers or nuts, pieces of pine wood, and pieces of PVC pipe.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make pykrete by freezing a mixture of water and a material like cotton wool, grass, hair, shredded paper, wood chips, or sawdust.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 4 to 24 hours
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In this design challenge activity, learners design and build a circuit: an "electric highway" that connects a battery and buzzer at least three feet apart using four types of materials.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Testing magnets is always a fun pastime, but here, we're going beyond "will it attract the magnet?" In this activity, learners will investigate which materials allow magnetic fields to pass through or

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners (with adult help and supervision) investigate how heat affects polystyrene plastic.

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore sports engineering and advanced materials development.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Bogs) is a full inquiry investigation into decomposition.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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This is a quick game about self-assembly (page 2 of PDF under Self-Assembly Activity). Like the molecules of DNA, learners will self-assemble into a pattern by following a simple set of rules.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes