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In this activity, learners work with an adult to build a rocket and launcher out of a plastic 2-liter bottle, flexible plastic hose, plastic tubing, toilet paper tube, and duct tape.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this engineering challenge, learners design and build a crane out of cardboard to see how heavy a load it can lift.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build inexpensive pulley assemblies from pulley wheels used for sliding screen door replacement or from clothesline spreaders.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a machine made of craft sticks to multiply the levering motion of their hands and create a device that bends and extends.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners construct a simple game to test their hand-eye coordination and steadiness of hand.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct their own small catapults using simple materials. Learners follow visual instructions to build their launching device.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make and race a balloon-powered car. Learners construct the body out of a paper cup, wheels out of wooden spools. and fuel tank out of a balloon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a figure that moves and "comes to life" when they pull its string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Build your own version of the classic physics toy using simple materials.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners build a lever and use it to lift a load. With the load on one end of the ruler, learners add coins to the effort cup at the other end until the load is lifted.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore motion, energy, and electricity by constructing bottle cars that run on motors.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how pneumatics and hydraulics could be used to produce movement in a robotic arm.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners build their own rockets out of film canisters and construction paper.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct speedy vehicles made out of paper plates and powered by twisted rubber bands.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an old-fashioned paddle boat out of simple materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this fun physics activity (page 9 of the pdf), learners take part in a paper airplane design challenge.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes