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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a flashlight, a glass of water, and some milk to examine why the sky is blue and sunsets are red.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics demonstration, learners will be surprised when a lemon slice appears to magically levitate within a pint glass.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners examine how a transparent material such as glass or water can actually reflect light better than any mirror.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners are challenged to lift a floating ice cube out of a glass of water using just one end of a piece of string.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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This activity gets learners looking at 6-sided shapes in nature, including the cells of a beehive, as well as other shapes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 7 days