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Catapult
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In this activity, learners build mini catapults using paint paddles and a spoon. Use this activity to introduce learners to forces and projectile motion.
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Bernoulli and More Bernoulli
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This lesson guide includes six simple and quick activities to help learners better understand Bernoulli's Principle.
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Wind Tube
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In this activity, learners explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.
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Milli's Super Sorting Challenge
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In this activity, learners separate materials based on their special properties to mimic the way recyclables are sorted at recycling centers.
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Tower of Coins
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to remove the bottom coin of a stack of nickels without knocking over the stack. Use this activity to demonstrate friction.
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Balloon Flinker
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In this activity, learners make a helium balloon "flink"--neither float away nor sink to the ground. Use this activity to introduce physics concepts related to gravity, density, and weight.
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Mint Your Own Coin
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Coins are everyday objects which tell a lot about the people who use them.
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CD Air Puck
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In this activity, learners will use a compact disc to build an air puck that can glide across a smooth tabletop. The puck glides with almost no friction on a cushion of air escaping from a balloon.
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Irrigation Ideas
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In this activity, learners explore how civil engineers solved the challenge of moving water via irrigation.
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Exploring the Universe: Static Electricity
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This activity encourages visitors to build an electroscope—a simplified version of one of the tools scientists use to study the invisible forces on Earth and in space.
Magnus Glider
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A design challenge that takes paper airplanes into an entirely different direction: a magnus glider uses cups and and rubber bands to create a glider that uses the same forces that a curveball (from b
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Molecules in Motion
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"Molecules in Motion" explores how materials behave and change in a vacuum.
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How Our Environment Affects Color Vision
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.
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Unleakable Bag
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In this activity, learners explore the flexibility of polymer chains by pushing sharpened pencils through a Ziploc bag.
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Instant Ice Cream with a Dry Ice Bath
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners make carbonated, vanilla ice cream using dry ice and denatured ethanol, which are both inexpensive and accessible.
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Dancing Raisins
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In this activity, learners will explore density and it's relationship with mass.
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Paper Cup Stool
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In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.
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Personal Fan
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Cool off in the heat with this project! Learners use simple materials to build a fan that runs on a motor.
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To Topo Two
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In this activity, two groups of learners create two separate landform models out of clay (mountains and valleys).
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Anti-Sound Spring
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What happens when two wave pulses meet in the middle? Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.