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In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the principles of magnetism by observing how various materials interact with magnets and superconductors.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe as soap bubbles float on a cushion of carbon dioxide gas. Learners blow bubbles into an aquarium filled with a slab of dry ice.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners light an LED with five cents. Learners use two different metals and some sour, salty water to create a cheap battery.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 13 of the PDF, use a special plastic card that has been painted with a chemical that changes color when it is in UV light.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners shine the light of a laser pointer through sheets of fabric that all have a different number of threads per inch.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe color mixing and absorbency using colored tissue paper and spray bottles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 13 of the PDF, learners use a laser pointer (with known wavelength of light) to measure the thickness of a human hair.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes