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Disappearing Glass Rods
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In this optics activity, learners discover how they can make glass objects "disappear." Learners submerge glass objects like stirring rods into a beaker of Wesson™ oil to explore how the principles of

Rainbow Glasses
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In this activity, learners explore light, color and rainbows by making their own rainbow glasses.

Frosty Glasses
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In this activity, learners explore why frost forms. They create their own frost using a solution of ice water and salt in a glass.

Lose a Glass in a Glass
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In this optics activity, learners use paint thinner to make a small jar seem to disappear inside a larger jar.
When is a Glass of Water Really Full?
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In this activity, learners see how many coins they can add to a full glass of water before the water overflows.

Stadium Seat Science
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Take the two-straw challenge and discover how pressure affects vacuums! In this activity, learners experiment with drinking through one and two straws, comparing the amount of liquid they can drink.

DNA Extraction: Look at your genes!
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Extract your DNA from your very own cells! First, learners swish salt water in their mouth to collect cheek cells and spit the water into a glass.

Burning Issues
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Learners use a candle to investigate the products of combustion. When a glass rod is held over a lit candle, the candle flame deposits carbon on the rod.

Ice Fishing
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In this activity, learners will use string and salt to lift an ice cube out of a glass of water. Salt depresses the freezing point of water, allowing it to melt around the string and refreeze.

Gravity-Defying Water
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In this activity, learners explore gravity and air pressure as they experiment with holding a glass full of water upside down, without spilling it, using a simple piece of cardstock.
The Bent Pencil
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In this optics activity, learners explore how light bends and affects what we see.

Filtering
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Make a quick and easy filter from household materials. A filter will catch any solids suspended in a liquid and filter them out. By using a filter, learners can discover amazing things.

Fork it Over
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This is an activity about center of gravity. Learners will balance a fork on a glass by finding its center of gravity.

Seeing 3D
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Create 3D glasses and use them to explore color, light and optics. Fool your brain into 'seeing' three dimensions on a flat surface!

Bending Light
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In this optics activity, learners make a lens and explore how the eye manipulates the light that enters it.
Are you a Supertaster?
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In this activity, learners examine their tongue and taste buds.
Why is the Sky Blue?
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In this activity, learners create a "mini sky" in a glass of water in a dark room.

Conduction Countdown
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In this quick SciGirls activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Doghouse Design), learners will be introduced to the concept of thermal conductivity.

Fly on the Ceiling
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In this math lesson, learners play two different games to help them understand coordinates. First, learners read the book, "The Fly on the Ceiling," by Julie Glass.

Snow Day!
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In this activity (on pages 4-5), learners make fake snow by adding water to the super-absorbant chemical from diapers, sodium polyacrylate.