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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to find the volume of one mole of gas. Learners capture sublimated gas from dry ice in a ziploc bag and use water displacement to measure its volume.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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 try to float ink on the surface of water to create a pattern and then capture it with absorbent paper.

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this math activity, learners observe and sketch cracking patterns in pavement.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how polarizing sunglasses can help diminish road glare.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this demonstration, cook a cake using the heat produced when the cake batter conducts an electric current.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create and experiment with wind tubes. These tubes are a playful and inventive way to explore the effect that moving air has on objects.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this quick activity, learners drink Avogadro's number worth of molecules - 6.02x10^23 molecules!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct three quick and simple mechanisms to start building a pop-up book. Learners fold, cut, and glue paper to make a bird beak, parallelogram, and V-fold.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, you'll use a straw, a water bottle and a paper tube to make an instrument that's very much like a saxophone.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore liquid crystal thermometers to observe how heat flows by conduction, convection, radiation, and evaporation.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity about friction as well as kinetic and potential energy.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick and simple activity, learners explore how the distribution of the mass of an object determines the position of its center of gravity, its angular momentum, and your ability to balance it

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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An ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Electrolysis is the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen. This Exploratorium activity allows learners to visualize the process with an acid-based indicator.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an oxidation experiment that turns old pennies bright and shiny. Learners soak 20 dull, dirty pennies in a bowl of salt and vinegar for five minutes.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Create a simple dual pendulum and get them to swing in identical ways. This is a simple, low cost, activity produced by the Exploratorium.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for discovering your blind spot. It is an exploration of light and visual perception using simple materials you may have around the house.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use geometry to predict the shape of carbon. Learners twist and attach chenille stem pieces that represent bonds between different carbon atoms.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about afterimages, learners explore what happens when receptor cells called cones in your eye's retina get tired.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes