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Making Recycled Paper
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In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners follow simple steps to recycle old newspaper into new paper.
Racing M&M Colors
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Learners design their own experiment to determine which M&M color dissolves the fastest in water.
How Animals Stay Warm
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In this quick activity, learners explore how blubber protects animals from the cold by making a "blubber mitt." Using cooking shortening, two zip-top sandwich bags, and duct tape, learners simulate bl
Another Bright Idea!
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners use their knowledge of energy and batteries to create homemade flashlights.
Build a Super Structure
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In this activity, learners use things from the kitchen as building materials to explore how shapes contribute to the strength of different structures.
Urine the Know
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners compare water with artificial urine to see how urinalysis works. Learners use urinalysis test strips to test for glucose and protein in the fake urine.
Why Are Two Eyes Better Than One?
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In this activity, learners explore how their depth perception would be affected if they only had one eye. Learners work in pairs and attempt to drop a penny in a cup with one eye covered.
Conductivity: Salty Water
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Water, whether fresh or salty, serves as one of the best electrical conductors on the planet. Does salt effect its conductivity?
Invisible Sunblock
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This is a hands-on activity exploring how nanoscale particles are used in mineral sunblocks to increase their transparency.
Shapes and Colors and Textures, Oh My!
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This is an activity about discovering the colors and beauty of nature. Learners will spend time outdoors, matching paint chip samples, colored paper, or colors of clothing to those found in nature.
Why do Raindrops Sometimes Land Gently and Sometimes Land with a Splat?
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In this activity, learners examine raindrop bottles (prepared ahead of time) to observe in slow motion the behavior of falling droplets and explore concepts such as drag and terminal velocity.
Earth Atmosphere Composition
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In this activity, learners use rice grains to model the composition of the atmosphere of the Earth today and in 1880. Learners assemble the model while measuring percentages.
Burn a Peanut
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In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.
Smell the Difference
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In this two-part activity, learners use household items to smell the difference between some stereoisomers, or molecules which are mirror images of one another.
Fizzy Fun
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In this activity, learners test what happens when they put baking power on different frozen liquids.
Exploring Moisture on the Outside of a Cold Cup
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In this activity, learners explore the relationship between cooling water vapor and condensation. Learners investigate condensation forming on the outside of a cold cup.
Beach Finds Curiosity Cart
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In this activity, learners observe hard parts of sea creatures (shells, molts, etc.) to better understand marine environments.
Light is Made of Colors
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Learners observe different light sources, outdoors and indoors, using prism glasses (diffraction glasses) and color filters.
The Primary Colors of Light
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In this activity, learners work in groups of four to explore light. Learners create new colors from the primary colors of light from flashlights covered in theatrical gels or cellophane.