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Find the Fizz: Discover the Secret of Baking Powder
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In this activity on page 4 of the PDF (Get Cooking With Chemistry), learners investigate ingredients that combine to produce gas bubbles.
Newspaper Collage
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners create a collage by using vinegar to transfer color pictures from a newspaper onto a piece of white paper.
It's a Gas!
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In this simple activity, learners see the production of a gas, which visibly fills up a balloon placed over the neck of a bottle.
Water Wire: Electricity Flowing Through Water
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In this activity on page 10 of the PDF, learners detect the amount of energy that can flow through a sodium chloride electrolyte solution with a light sensor.
Bubble Trouble
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In this activity on page 15 of the PDF, learners measure the amount of bubbles that they make using a detergent.
Twist and Spout
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In this activity, learners make their own "tornado" using two soda bottles and water.
What Counts in Bounce
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In this activity learners compare the bounciness of warm and cold racquetballs to see if temperature makes a difference in how well they bounce.
Playtime Paint
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In this activity on page 9 of the PDF, learners make their own paint using chalk as a pigment and glue and water as binders. This activity introduces learners to special mixtures called suspensions.
Change in Temperature: Endothermic Reaction
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Learners investigate signs of a chemical reaction when they mix vinegar and baking soda. In addition to a gas being produced, learners also notice the temperature decreases.
Disappearing Statues
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In this activity (on page 8), learners model how marble statues and buildings are affected by acid rain.
A Dissolving Challenge
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In this activity, learners add objects and substances to carbonated water to discover that added objects increase the rate at which dissolved gas comes out of solution.
Water: Clearly Unique!
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In this activity on page 4 of the PDF (Water in Our World), learners conduct some quick and easy tests to determine the differences between water and other liquids that look very similar to water.
Does Size Make a Difference?
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In this activity on page 15 of the PDF, discover how materials and physical forces behave differently at the nanoscale.
New Sense about Cents
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In this activity on page 6 of the PDF (Chemistry—It’s Elemental), learners explore some of the properties of copper using a few common household ingredients.
Avogadro's Bubbly Adventure
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners investigate the solubility of gas in water at different temperatures. This experiment will help learners determine if temperature affects solubility.
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.
Paper Chromatography with Leaves
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF (Plants—The Green Machines), learners use chromatography to separate and identify pigments within various leaves.
Curious Crystals
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Learners carefully look at four known household crystals.
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.
Crystal Stencil Stars
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In this activity on page 6 of the PDF, learners dissolve Epsom salt in water and discover that the resulting solution can be used to create a work of art.