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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners compare frog eggs to chicken eggs to better understand why frog eggs need water. Learners compare a boiled chicken egg to "frog eggs" represented by boiled tapioca.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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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.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners observe the effects of air pressure. They will watch as marshmallows inside a bottle expand as a vacuum pump removes air from the bottle.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this chemistry activity, learners are asked to form a hypothesis about the behavior of milk as household detergents act upon it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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This laboratory exercise is designed to show learners how DNA can easily be extracted from onion cells. It includes an optional test for the presence of DNA.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make instant ice cream without using a freezer.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a gelatinous slime using guar gum powder and borax. Educators can use this simple activity to introduce learners to colloids.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this chemistry activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will learn about crystals by growing their very own.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners observe a tank of water containing cans of diet and regular sodas. The diet sodas float and the regular sodas sink. All the cans contain the same amount of liquid and the same amount of air.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners sublimate dry ice and then taste the carbon dioxide gas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners use their sense of smell to rate and arrange containers filled with different dilutions of a scent (like cologne or fruit juice) in order from wea

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this chemistry activity (page 1 of the PDF), learners will observe a physical change.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this online activity, learners experience the thrill of pickle making, and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover what happens when they crush wintergreen-flavored candies in a very dark room.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners make prisms from gelatin. Learners then shine light through the prisms and discover what happens. This activity introduces learners to the idea of refraction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine baking powder, a combination of three powders: baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore how plants turn sunlight into food through a process called photosynthesis.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this chemistry demonstration, learners investigate the factors that increase the rate of dissolution for a solid.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners add food coloring to hot and cold water to see whether heating or cooling affects the speed of water molecules.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes