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In this activity, learners touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger the water drops to freeze instantly.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Using two baby food jars, food coloring, and an index card, you'll 'marry' the jars to see how hot water and cold water mix.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners follow a recipe to make hollandaise sauce. Learners discover how cooks use egg yolks to blend oil and water together into a smooth mix.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners drink Avogadro's number worth of molecules - 6.02x10^23 molecules!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This is an activity about friction as well as kinetic and potential energy.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners make the world's simplest Cartesian diver, using only a plastic bottle, some water, and a condiment packet.

free Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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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 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, 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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In this activity, learners investigate convection by using food coloring and water of different temperatures.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners compare the stability of egg white foams with various additives.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover the primary physical properties used to separate pure substances from mixtures.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners measure the amount of carbon dioxide in a carbonated drink.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity about density provides instructions for making a miniature "lava lite" with just salt, oil, water, and food coloring.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes