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In this activity, learners get a closer look at the shape of a drop of water and a drop of oil. Learners first drip water onto wax paper and examine the shape of separate drops from a side view.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this multi-part activity learners examine non-point water pollution.

free Ages 6 - adult
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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners working in pairs saturate a cotton ball using water drops from an eyedropper to demonstrate the high water capacity of clouds.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how water behaves differently when it comes in contact with "nano sand" and regular sand.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners place multiple M&M's in a plate of water to watch what happens as the candies dissolve.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that as the salinity of water increases, the density increases as well. Learners prove this by attempting to float fresh eggs in saltwater and freshwater.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners observe how the added sugar in a can of soda affects its density and thus, its ability to float in water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore how plants turn sunlight into food through a process called photosynthesis.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners use simple materials to create giant bubbles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners are challenged to discover the relative densities of colored liquids to create a rainbow pattern in a test tube.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore basic information about thermodynamics by experimenting with ice. Learners will compare ice melting rates on metal pans or plastic cutting boards.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This warm weather activity introduces learners to the impact trees have on blocking the sun's heat and reducing temperature on the Earth's surface.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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“Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds” is a hands-on activity in which visitors create a cloud in a bottle and explore it with laser light.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Many people get water from a source deep underground, called groundwater.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to explore how water flows up from a tree's roots to its leafy crown.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners will explore the physics of liquids and gas by playing with both! Learners of any age use their own breath to move drops of water across a smooth wax paper surface.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity on page 4 of the PDF (Water in Our World), learners conduct some quick and easy tests to determine the differences between water and other liquids that look very similar to water.

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