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Shaving Cream Marbling
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In this activity, learners will create beautiful greeting cards by marbling with shaving cream and food dye. They will explore the chemistry behind the art of marbling.

Watercolor
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In this activity, learners will use chemistry to create a night sky watercolor painting. They will experiment to learn the effects of mixing crayon, salt, and lemon juice with water color paints.

Self-Portrait Silhouettes: Activity 2
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!

Tube Zither
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing tube zithers, stringed instruments from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

Cardboard Automata
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Cardboard Automata are a playful way to explore simple machine elements while creating a mechanical sculpture.

Scribbling Machines
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In this activity, learners explore electronics and motion by making a Scribbling Machine, a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and leaves a mark to trace its path.

Rotational Equilibrium
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of rotational equilibrium. Learners work in teams to estimate and determine the force within a mobile design.

Our Sense of Sight: Color Vision
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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

Sound Dampeners
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In this activity, learners will experiment with water- and air-filled balloons as a way of dampening sound before it reaches their ears.

Marshmallow Catapult
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In this activity, learners explore physics by building a catapult that launches marshmallows with household objects.

Crystal Packin' Mama
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In this activity, learners investigate the basic crystal structures that metal atoms form.

Self-Portrait Silhouettes: Activity 1
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image--without a camera!
Parachute Design
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In this activity, learners design and build their own parachute using household materials with the goal of landing their passenger safely on a target.

Cupcake Delivery
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In this design challenge, learners will create wind-powered contraptions to transport a load, such as a cupcake or another small object, and test to see if they work.

Carousel Pump
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In this activity, learners build a carousel toy that spins when pushed down.

Make a "Mummy"
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The Ancient Egyptians used a naturally-occurring salt from the banks of the Nile River, called natron, to mummify their dead.

Chemistry Is Colorful
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In "Chemistry is Colorful" learners explore different materials through paper chromatography.

Wandering Wands
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In this activity, learners construct wands that play different notes depending on information from light sensors programmed via a PICO Cricket.

Gymnast
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In this physics activity, learners build a toy with a figure that spins around like a gymnast on the high bar.

Glitter Slime
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In this activity on page 8 of the PDF, learners make a slimy substance very similar to mucus, and sprinkle it with glitter to imitate the way that allergens are trapped.