New York Hall of Science


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Don't scream for ice cream -- make it with milk, sugar, flavoring and some 'salt-water' ice. Discover the chemistry of ice cream by creating your own.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Discover how the salt in soil affects plant growth with a few seeds, some cotton, and salt. In this hands-on activity, you will plant seeds in 2 different kinds of soil, containing more or less salt.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 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 exploring liquid dynamics, learners design and build a clay channel in a tray of water and then see what happens when food coloring and liquid soap are added to the mix.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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Can you think of ways to collect and dispose of spilled oil without causing further harm to the environment?

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners mix white craft glue and borax solution together to produce a surprising new material: GOOP!

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Build a catapult that transforms the potential energy of a twisted rubber band into kinetic energy. Experiment with design variations so that you can hit a target with a projectile.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Play with your food while learning about engineering! Build a spaghetti bridge, then test its strength by piling on the marshmallows, raw spaghetti, raw linguine and coins.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity is about collecting and analyzing DNA as part of a criminal investigation.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will investigate static electricity as they create waterless snow globes.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes