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Action Figure
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In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.

Bearings for Your Whirligig
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Experiment with friction and make bearings for a whirligig! This activity is a nice introduction to friction and bearings and demonstrates why bearings are useful for spinning.

Make Your Own Butterfly
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In this activity (on the left side of page 5, continued on the right side of page 4 of the PDF), learners make models of colorful butterflies.

Finding the Sweet Spot
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In this activity, learners will discover how to find the "sweet spots" on a baseball bat. Whenever an object is struck, it vibrates in response.

Bouncing Balls
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When baseball was in its infancy, the ball had plenty of bounce. Today's baseball may not seem to have bounce to it at all; if you drop a ball on the field it won't bounce back.

All Wound Up
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In this activity, learners build a racecar using only a rubber band, spool, straw, and paper clip! This racer is a classic toy that zips across a flat surface.

Marble Game
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In this activity, learners construct a simple game to test their hand-eye coordination and steadiness of hand.

Paper Airplanes
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of paper by constructing and modifying paper airplanes.