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In this activity, learners investigate the behavior of magnets. Learners create a "wonder wand" with a magnet so they can move a skater around.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners calculate the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere by using steel wool's ability to rust.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Did you know that some breakfast cereals are fortified with ferric phosphate, while others contain tiny pieces of reduced iron?

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will reuse plastic bags in an interesting way.

free Ages 6 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to find out if steel wool will weigh more or less when it is burned. Learners will explore the effects of oxidation and rusting on the steel wool.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners investigate an iron-fortified cereal by stirring it with a strong magnet. They discover that metallic iron is present in some cereals.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how metals react with each other. They will see these metals change before their eyes as they coat a paperclip with the copper taken from a penny.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use basic measurements of the Earth and pieces of rock and iron to estimate the mass of the Earth.

free Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity about electricity and magnetism, learners discover how a doorbell works. A coil of wire with current flowing through it forms an electromagnet that acts similar to a bar magnet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Body Electricity Activity), learners will observe how dry breakfast cereal appears to dance when it gets close to a balloon charged with static

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity best suited as a demonstration, learners observe that when a piece of iron gets too hot, it loses its ability to be magnetized.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry activity, learners discover that the weight of the product of combustion is greater than that of the starting material.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes