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Create beautiful spirals by drawing a straight line. This sounds crazy, but you can with a turntable (a record player or lazy susan), paper, and pen.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners stain fabrics--on purpose!

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, leaners build their very own rainsticks, an instrument filled with pebbles and seeds that create sounds like falling rain. Save costs by using material found around the home.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners "dance" (move back and forth at varying speeds) by reading a graph. This is a kinesthetic way to help learners interpret and understand how motion is graphed.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how pictures change in curved mirrors. Learners make cylindrical mirrors by wrapping Mylar around soda cans.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the question "What is paper?" Learners discover the processes and materials required to make paper while experimenting with different recycled fibers and tools.

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners use transparent tape and polarizing material to create and project beautifully colored patterns reminiscent of abstract or geometric stained glass windows--no glass required

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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To understand how skaters turn in midair, try this little experiment! Individuals can do this activity alone, but it works better with a partner.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use pattern blocks and mirrors to explore symmetry. Learners work in pairs and build mirror images of each other's designs.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity provides instructions for making an aircraft that can really fly using a straw and paper hoops!

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Find out what it would be like to have ears shaped differently from your own! Design and make different animal ears then try them out.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain stick, a musical instrument originating in South America.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity related to music and sound vibrations, learners make a phonograph or record player out of simple materials. First, learners assemble the turntable, arm, and sound cone.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity shows you how to make amazing crystal spikes using Epsom salt and the sun.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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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.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will observe laminar and turbulent flow of water using only a plastic bottle, liquid hand soap, food coloring and water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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With three cans and some tape, make a drum that you bonk down on any surface to produce a variety of sounds. This activity also teaches you about pitch, vibration, and frequency.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes