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In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore what happens when polarized white light passes through a sugar solution.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity uses Jell-O(R) to introduce learners to microfluidics, the flow of fluids through microscopic channels.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how packaging engineers develop customized shipping and packaging containers to meet the needs of many different industries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Can gelatin (like Jell-O ®) change the speed of light?

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this cooperative learning activity, learners visit ten stations and are challenged to think critically about various conservation questions and issues.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will discover why there are holes in bread.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners create a low-tech refrigerator that requires no electricity to keep food from spoiling.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners discover the principles of edible glass by making a supersaturated sugar solution.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how product design differences can affect the success of a final product -- in this case a bag for holding candy.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This three-part lab helps learners understand the essential principles governing diffusion and osmosis.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners discover how gelatin can be used as a medium for drug delivery. Learners create colored gelatin and then cut out pieces of the gelatin to simulate medicine (pills).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners make their own solar oven to bake s'mores and learn about how solar energy is absorbed on Earth.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have met the challenge of keeping foods, liquids, and other items cool.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore chemistry and the microbial world by making their own sourdough starter and bread at home using only flour and water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 1 to 7 days
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This is a perfect summertime lunch activity! Pico Cricket is required (micro controller). First, get a bunch of cut up fruit, line them up, then plug a piece of fruit with a Pico Cricket sensor clip.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this laboratory activity, learners design an experiment to evaluate how environmental factors influence the growth of molds.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners use Benedict’s solution and heat to test for the presence of simple sugars in glucose, sucrose, starch, and starch combined with amylase.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes