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Secret Messages
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In this activity, learners use Teflon (PTFE) tape to write secret messages.
Slide Whistle
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In this activity, learners build a slide whistle using PVC pipe, bamboo skewer, and piece of foam. Construction of the instrument is relatively simple.
Exploring Fabrication: Self-Assembly
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In this activity, learners participate in several full-body interactive games to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology.
Soda Pop Cave
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In this geology activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners explore how carbonic acid can slowly dissolve limestone and form caves.
Clean Me Up, Snotty
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Learners will explore the chemistry of mucous and its importance to our health by following a process to make their own replica "snot." The activity includes a time and age recommendation, a materials
Cup Towers
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In this activity, learners explore different ways to stack cups to meet a personal goal.
Weather Vane
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In this meteorology activity, learners build weather vanes using straws, paperclips, and cardstock.
Sun Cookies
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In this activity, learners use candy pieces and a cookie to make an accurate model of the Sun they can eat. Parts of the delicious model include solar granules, sunspots, and solar prominences.
Bubble Suspension
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In this activity, learners observe as soap bubbles float on a cushion of carbon dioxide gas. Learners blow bubbles into an aquarium filled with a slab of dry ice.
Handwriting Analysis
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In this forensics activity, students will explore the methods that investigators use to confirm the authenticity of handwriting.
Water Engineering
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In this activity, learners will engineer a water irrigation system. Learners will create a ditch irrigation system -- or an acequia-- to move water with the help of gravity.
Let's Bag It
Learners observe and discuss a vacuum cleaner as a model of a baghouse, a device used in cleaning industrial air pollution.
A Closer Look at Crystals
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In this activity, learners compare different types of salt crystals under a magnifying glass.
Unlocking the Secret in Product Codes
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In this activity, learners will explore how product barcodes are scanned accurately and be able to "guess" the last number in a 13 digit barcode correctly every time.
Single Replacement Micro-Reactions
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In this chemistry activity, learners use common chemicals and metals to explore single replacement reactions.
Iodine Investigators!
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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.
Exploring A Hydrogel
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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,
Torsion Drum
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In this activity, learners build a musical drum using a cardboard tube, plastic wrap, and beads.
Como funciona un extintor
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In this Spanish-language chemistry activity, learners use simple materials to explore how fire extinguishers work to put out fires.
Soda Geyser
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In this quick activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Lift Off), learners will use the ever-popular soda geyser experiment to test the reactivity of the various sugar candies or mints.