Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
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Color Me Blue
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In this activity, learners add dilute bleach solution to water that has been dyed with yellow, blue, and green food color.
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Odors Aloft
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Learners smell balloons filled with different scents to guess what's inside. From this, they infer the presence and motion of scented molecules.
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Screen Time
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This game asks you a series of questions about how much time you spend in front of a screen, not being active.
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Mystery Writing: Write and develop a secret message
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Learners write an invisible message using lemon juice on a piece of paper. They then develop the message by soaking the paper in a dilute iodine solution.
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Kool Colors
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Learners investigate how temperature affects the rate of chemical reactions by observing how steel wool reacts with various types of Kool-Aid solutions at different temperatures.
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Twisted Tesselations
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In this activity (on pages 41-47 of PDF), learners explore tesselating geometric patterns (repeated shapes, similar to the art of M.C. Escher).
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Rhythm Painting
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In this activity, early learners create paintings by making music and rhythm. Learners place paper in cans, add paint-soaked beans (or pebbles) and put the tops on.
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As The Stomach Churns
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In this chemistry activity, learners fill two test tubes with a solution of "artificial stomach fluid," consisting of hydrochloric acid in the same concentration as in human stomachs, some soap to cre
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Three Little Pigs
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In this activity, leaners explore building techniques by recreating the story of The Three Little Pigs.
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Sink or Swim?
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Learners observe a tank of water containing cans of diet and regular sodas. The diet sodas float and the regular sodas sink. All the cans contain the same amount of liquid and the same amount of air.