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In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this challenge, learners figure out how to make a juice stain disappear.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this chemistry challenge, learners combine acids and bases in a universal indicator to create five different colors.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use gumdrops and toothpicks to model the composition and molecular structure of three greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O) and methane (CH4).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry challenge, learners work to figure out which of four juices are real, and which is just food coloring and sugar.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry challenge, learners systematically investigate which combination of four solutions produces a deep red color.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry challenge, learners identify which plants have the enzyme "catalase" that breaks hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry challenge, learners identify an unknown white powder by comparing it with common household powders.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners will build and experiment with their own windmills made from simple household materials.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners are challenged to discover the relative densities of colored liquids to create a rainbow pattern in a test tube.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes