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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore watercraft engineering and sailing.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a "Jam Jar Jet" based on Francois Reynst's discovery of a pulsejet engine, which uses one opening for both air intake and exhaust.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 14 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a rocket powered by the pressure generated from an effervescing antacid tablet reacting with water, and build a launch pad for their rocket.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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The goal of this activity is to design the fastest sailboat or one that carries the most treasure.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours