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In this activity, learners construct a small "air cannon," and use its airflow to put out a candle (lit with the help of an adult).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners set up an experiment to investigate the effects of hot air on the path of a laser beam.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This lesson (on pages 15-24 of PDF) explores how sound is caused by vibrating objects. It explains that we hear by feeling vibrations passing through the air.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity (page 4 of the PDF), learners will--using nothing more than a coat hanger and some string--explore and understand sound energy and how it moves.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will construct an air cannon as a model for the human ear.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how sound travels through solid objects better than through air. Leaners attach a metal clothes hanger to a piece of string and hold it to their ears.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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En esta actividad sobre la exploración e investigación, los aprendices harán ventanas de burbujas.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Capture soap bubble patterns on paper! In this activity, learners can create beautiful pictures from popping soap bubbles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners trap a thin layer of air between two pieces of Plexiglas to produce rainbow-colored interference patterns.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Plants—The Green Machines), learners examine the effects that light and air have on green plants.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners make optical fibers out of strips of gelatin.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours