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In this activity, learners conduct a simple experiment to see how electrically charged things like plastic attract electrically neutral things like water.

free Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners experiment with surface tension using everyday household items such as strawberry baskets, paperclips, liquid dish soap, and pepper.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 10 of the PDF, learners detect the amount of energy that can flow through a sodium chloride electrolyte solution with a light sensor.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a simple electrolysis device. With this device, learners can decompose water into its elemental components: hydrogen and oxygen gas.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners will use static elecricity to bend a stream of water without touching it. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple electrolysis device. Then learners use an indicating solution to visualize hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry investigation, learners combine common cooking substances (flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, pepper, oil, water, food coloring) to explore mixtures.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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Using electrolysis, learners produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from water molecules in a solution.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore atoms as the smallest building blocks of matter. With adult help, learners start by dividing play dough in half, over and over again.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners separate materials based on their special properties to mimic the way recyclables are sorted at recycling centers.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 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, learners explore how objects can have positive, negative, or neutral charges, which attract, repel and move between objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes