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In this demonstration, cook a cake using the heat produced when the cake batter conducts an electric current.

In this quick activity, learners drink Avogadro's number worth of molecules - 6.02x10^23 molecules!

This is an activity about friction as well as kinetic and potential energy.

In this yummy chemistry activity which requires adult supervision, learners use sugar and water to explore how crystals form.

In this activity about olfaction (7th activity on the page), learners use natural ingredients to concoct their own perfume.

Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

In this activity, learners eat a snack and make a model of the plumbing system of a volcano.

In this activity (last activity on the page), learners make a model of the eardrum (also called the "tympanic membrane") and see how sound travels through the air.

In this activity, learners make "solar cookies," edible models of the Sun's outer layers using sugar cookies and toppings.

In this activity about osmosis, learners use a naked egg (one with a dissolved eggshell) to learn about selectively permeable membranes.

In this physics demonstration, learners are challenged to insert a straw the furthest into a potato.

In this yummy earth science activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners use fudge to learn about different kinds of lava.

In this edible experiment, learners pour "Magic Shell" chocolate into a glass of cold water. They'll observe as pillow shaped structures form, which resemble lavas on the sea floor.

In this hands-on activity, learners make the world's simplest Cartesian diver, using only a plastic bottle, some water, and a condiment packet.

In this genetics activity, learners discover how to extract DNA from green split peas.

In this activity, learners model hot spot island formation, orientation and progression with condiments.

This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can explore the process used to cast and mold molten metal, glass, and plastics.

In this chemistry activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners make an acid-base indicator using cabbage. Learners then explore how various subtances react with this indicator.

This Exploratorium activity can be used in many contexts because geysers are great opportunities for learning about heat and temperature changes as well as geological/space science phenomena.

Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.