Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
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Is it a Fish?
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This activity is on page 8 of the pdf, part of the Sea Life Discovery Box. This is an activity exploring the characteristics of fish.
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Take Out the Trash
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Learners explore how recyclers take advantage of the different properties of materials, such as magnetism and density, to separate them from a mixture.
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Tricky Tangrams
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In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.
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Currently Working
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Learners test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid for electrical conductivity. They immerse leads from a lighting device (a battery pack connected to an LED) into each solution.
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Pollution Diffusion
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Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.
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Potato Power
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Learners combine hydrogen peroxide with three different forms of potato: raw chunks, ground chunks, and boiled chunks.
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Miscibility
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Learners observe a bottle containing water and oil. They are invited to pick up the bottle and mix the contents together.
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History of Electricity
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This is a series of demonstrations about different electrical and magnetic phenomena.
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Shake and Break
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In this activity, learners will model the mechanical weathering and erosion of rocks in a stream or river.
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Choose Your Ooze
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During this activity, learners will make different versions of "ooze" using varied proportions of detergent and glue.