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In this demonstration, learners compare the relative sizes and masses of scale models of the planets as represented by fruits and other foods.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this delicious activity, learners get to make, taste-test and compare their own "brands" of homemade strawberry ice cream.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry investigation, learners combine common cooking substances (flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, pepper, oil, water, food coloring) to explore mixtures.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners thread gumdrops together to make a model of a polymer.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners analyze candy-coated sweets using chromatography. Learners use this method to separate the various dyes used to make colored candy.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This open-ended art project allows learners to create their own colorful ice sculpture by using rock salt and food coloring on a solid block of ice.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the forces at work in water. Learners experiment to find out what happens to pepper in water when they touch it with bar soap and liquid detergent.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 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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In this physics activity (page 14 of the PDF), learners gain a better understanding of how friction and mass affect objects by comparing the rotational inertia of raw and hard-boiled eggs.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 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 activity, learners make their own rock candy. Crystals will grow from a piece of string hanging in a cup of sugar water. The edible crystals may take up to a week to form.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 1 to 7 days
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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.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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Don't scream for ice cream -- make it with milk, sugar, flavoring and some 'salt-water' ice. Discover the chemistry of ice cream by creating your own.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 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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Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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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 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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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