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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing tube zithers, stringed instruments from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Cardboard Automata are a playful way to explore simple machine elements while creating a mechanical sculpture.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore physics by building a catapult that launches marshmallows with household objects.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the basic crystal structures that metal atoms form.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 14 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image--without a camera!

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a carousel toy that spins when pushed down.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In "Chemistry is Colorful" learners explore different materials through paper chromatography.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes