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This is a chemistry lab activity about solutions (page 7 of the PDF). Learners see firsthand how chemicals in a solution can combine to form an entirely different substance.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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After an interest-generating discussion about "dirt" and microbes, learners select and collect soil samples from a variety of locations (schoolyard, home, etc.).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this three-part activity, learners use food to determine the effects of wind, sandblasting and water on regolith (dust) formation and deposition on Earth.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners turn an ordinary metal coat-hanger into a (very quiet) musical instrument.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a coastal landmass from sand and add features such as tidal creeks and barrier islands.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a pneumatic trough (see related activity) to generate and collect pure oxygen.

Over $20 per student Ages 14 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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Visitors test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid and the solids salt and sugar. They clip leads from the hand generator to wires immersed in each substance.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners measure and calculate the amount of cubic feet various containers contain. Next, learners investigate cubic feet per second (cps), by carrying jugs in one second.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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The Ancient Egyptians used a naturally-occurring salt from the banks of the Nile River, called natron, to mummify their dead.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In this chemistry activity, learners use spaghetti to explore density and chemical reactions.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 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 activity, learners cut out and assemble wheels to explore how variations in fish body structures (mouth shape/position/teeth, body shape, tail shape, and coloration patterns) allow fish to sur

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers develop pipeline systems to transport oil, water, gas, and other materials over very long distances.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this physics activity, learners will explore buoyancy.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners model, on a human-sized board game, how changes in water temperature may affect fish distributions and, ultimately, fisheries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, PVC pipe, plastic water bottles and vinyl tubing are used to make a simple working toilet model. The model shows the role of a siphon in the flushing of a toilet.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18
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In this activity, learners build a model of a self-sustaining habitat (growing grass and beans from seeds).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this chemistry demonstration, learners will discover that phenolphthalein is an acid/base indicator. One learner will read a poem about four witches making a potion.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how air warms when it condenses water vapor or makes clouds.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes