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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF under GPS: Roller Coaster Design Activity), learners will use food cans of many different properties (sizes, shapes, and weights) and set two cans on their sides at

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine baking powder, a combination of three powders: baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in teams to study the observation skills essential to scientific research.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry activity, learners are asked to form a hypothesis about the behavior of milk as household detergents act upon it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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Learners conduct an experiment to determine the rate at which two materials, sand and water, heat up and cool down.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners turn over a random selection of cards from a larger set. From the words revealed, they try to determine the sentence represented on the larger set of cards.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners investigate a pre-constructed mystery tube to determine its interior mechanism.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity about magnetism (page 15 of the PDF), learners will explore how opposite and similar magnetic poles affect a swinging (pendulum) magnet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners observe the outside and inside of raw chicken eggs, record descriptions, and hypothesize what will happen when a facilitator drops an egg on the floor.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners work in teams to investigate how scientists use physical characteristics to classify living things.

free Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners use scientific processes to solve a crime. As they get clues, learners must create a hypothesis then adjust that hypothesis as more information is revealed.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this lesson, learners are challenged to discover the relationship among six numbers.

free Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners design their own experiment to determine which M&M color dissolves the fastest in water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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A group of learners has an envelope containing a series of bank checks. A few checks are removed at a time, and the team attempts to construct a plausible scenario which involves those checks.

free Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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On an imaginary fossil hunt, learners "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature, only a few at a time.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners explore the physical properties of a variety of balls and how they bounce.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity (on pages 15-23) combines interactive role-playing and graphing to introduce learners to the health affects of pollen.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (page 26 of the PDF), learners make observations, formulate hypotheses and design a controlled experiment, based on the reaction of carbon dioxide with calcium hydroxide.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours