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Learners make their own acid-base indicator from red cabbage. They use this indicator to test substances around the house.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners will understand the relationship between climate change and sea-level rise.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this environmental health activity, learners investigate their own vital lung capacities.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this demonstration, learners compare and contrast regular water ice to dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). Both samples are placed in a solution of acid-base indicator.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Chemistry—It’s Elemental), learners use iodine to identify foods that contain starch.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners write or draw with white crayon on white paper. They look and feel to detect their marks on the paper. Then, learners paint over their paper with watercolor paint.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners explore why the sky is blue and the sunset is red, using a simple setup comprising a transparent plastic box, water, and powdered milk.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (page 59 of the PDF), learners spin and observe false eyelashes in jars of water (prepared at least 1 day ahead of time) to investigate the effects of different types of motion on the

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 108: My Ice Pops, learners observe reversible change while thinking about ways to make ice melt.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners create a low-tech refrigerator that requires no electricity to keep food from spoiling.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid for electrical conductivity. They immerse leads from a lighting device (a battery pack connected to an LED) into each solution.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners add dilute bleach solution to water that has been dyed with yellow, blue, and green food color.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover how gelatin can be used as a medium for drug delivery. Learners create colored gelatin and then cut out pieces of the gelatin to simulate medicine (pills).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners explore how engineers characterize building materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This lesson focuses on surface area and how the shape of sugar crystals may differ as they are grown from sugars of different coarseness.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners experience firsthand how marine animals' adaptive coloration camouflages them from prey.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 10 of the PDF, learners develop an experiment to answer the following question: "How much water can the hydrogel in a baby diaper hold?" Use this activity to explore polymers,

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this experiment, learners separate different types of molecules in marker inks (using a technique called "thin layer chromatography").

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore chemistry and the microbial world by making their own sourdough starter and bread at home using only flour and water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners investigate the solubility of gas in water at different temperatures. This experiment will help learners determine if temperature affects solubility.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes