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Flubber: Make a polymer!
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF) features a recipe to create the stretchy polymer Flubber from Borax detergent, white glue, and water.
Depth Perception
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In this easy demonstration (3rd on the page), learners explore depth perception by conducting a test with two pencils.
Jitterbugs
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In this activity, learners construct bug models that "jitter" all over the table with just a battery, motor, and counterweight.
The Senses of "Unknown Creatures"
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In this activity, learners use earthworms as "unknown creatures" from the South American jungle to find out how animals use senses.
Skewers and Garden Poles
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In this activity, learners build scaled-down structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with bamboo skewers and tape.
Supernova Star Maps
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This fun astronomy activity allows learners to experience finding stars in the night sky that will eventually go supernova. This activity is perfect for a star party outdoors.
Outbreak!: Investigating Epidemics
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A group of learners simulates the spread of disease by trading slips of paper, one set of which has been treated with a baking soda solution.
Turning the Air Upside Down: Spinning Snakes
Learners color and cut out a spiral-shaped snake. When they hang their snake over a radiator, the snake spins.
Making Circuits
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In this activity, learners explore electricity and conductivity to find that many things conduct electricity including copper, pencil lead, fruit, play-doh, and even people!
Plaster Casts
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In this activity, learners combine two substances (plaster of Paris and water) to make a cast of an object's imprint in clay.
Cabbage Chemistry
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In this chemistry activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners make an acid-base indicator using cabbage. Learners then explore how various subtances react with this indicator.
Forces at the Nanoscale: Nano Properties of Everyday Plants
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.
Change in Temperature: Exothermic Reaction
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Learners add calcium chloride to a baking soda solution and observe an increase in temperature along with the production of a gas and a white precipitate. These are all signs of a chemical reaction.
Burst a Bubble
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In this activity, learners will create their own bubble solution. Learners will explore chemistry, geometry and trial and error through this activity.
Extreme Kicking Machine
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In this design challenge activity follow up to "Kicking Machine", learners add a hands-free feature to their Kicking Machine.
Can You "See" Thermal Radiation?
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Use this hands-on activity to demonstrate infrared and thermal radiation.
Gelatin Prism
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In this activity, learners make prisms from gelatin. Learners then shine light through the prisms and discover what happens. This activity introduces learners to the idea of refraction.
Slime
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Learners make slime from white school glue and Borax detergent. The long chain molecules of the white glue become cross-linked by the Borax into a big network.
Coral, Carbon Dioxide and Calcification
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In this group activity, learners act out key stages of the "ocean carbon cycle" (also known as the "carbonate buffer system") through motions, rearranging blocks and team tasks.
Crunch Time
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In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty 2-liter bottles and hot tap water to illustrate the effect of heat on pressure.