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A Crayon Rock Cycle - Igneous
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This is part 3 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity. Before starting this section, learners must have completed part 1: sedimentary rock and part 2: metamorphic rocks.
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Cook with a Solar Oven
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In this activity, learners make their own solar oven to bake s'mores and learn about how solar energy is absorbed on Earth.
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What Does Spit Do?
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Some animals can swallow food whole, but humans have to chew. In this activity, learners will investigate what saliva does chemically to food before we even swallow.
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Shape Up!
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In this activity (pages 8-9), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.
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Does the Moon Rotate?
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners make 3-dimensional models of the Earth and Moon.
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What's in Your Blood?
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Doctors often send a sample of blood to a lab, to make sure their patients are healthy.
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Taking Its Temperature
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In this activity (pages 5-7), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.
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Lotus Leaf Effect
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This is a demonstration about how nature inspires nanotechnology. It is easily adapted into a hands-on activity for an individual or groups.
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How Do We Find Planets Around Other Stars?
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity describes techniques scientists use to find planets orbiting other stars.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Constellations
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This chocolate chip cookie recipe includes templates for baking night sky constellations of the season right on top! Two templates are included, one for 9pm mid-April, and one for 10pm mid-July.
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A Crayon Rock Cycle- Sedimentary
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This is part 1 of the three-part "Crayon Rock Cycle" activity. In this activity, learners explore how sedimentary rocks form.
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Cardboard Automata
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Cardboard Automata are a playful way to explore simple machine elements while creating a mechanical sculpture.
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Window Under Water
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Glare from the sun and ripples from the wind can make it hard to see what's below the surface of a body of water.
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Mystery Shapes
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In this activity, learners describe an object they can’t see. After someone picks outs a few mystery objects and places them in a pillowcase, learners will investigate using only their hands.
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Starch Breakdown
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Learners use Benedict’s solution and heat to test for the presence of simple sugars in glucose, sucrose, starch, and starch combined with amylase.
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Forwards and Backwards
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In this activity, learners explore acids and bases by preparing six solutions that combine vinegar and ammonia, ranging from acid (all vinegar) to base (all ammonia).
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Exploring Size: Scented Solutions
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This is an activity in which learners will find that they can detect differences in concentration better with their nose (smelling) than with their eyes (seeing).
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Water Treatment
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Water treatment on a large scale enables the supply of clean drinking water to communities.
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Exploring Forces: Gravity
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In this nanoscience activity, learners discover that it's easy to pour water out of a regular-sized cup, but not out of a miniature cup.