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In this activity, learners predict where a ball will go after it bounces off another object. Learners discover that the motion of objects is predictable based on laws of motion.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work with an adult to build a rocket and launcher out of a plastic 2-liter bottle, flexible plastic hose, plastic tubing, toilet paper tube, and duct tape.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make plates levitate! Learners build "hovercrafts" using simple materials to explore friction and motion.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity (on page 2) explores how sensing is part of robotics. Learners try tying their shoes with different constraints.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners engineer a flying glider using paper hoops and a drinking straw.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make and race a balloon-powered car. Learners construct the body out of a paper cup, wheels out of wooden spools. and fuel tank out of a balloon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, challenge learners to make a pencil stand on its tip using only two pieces of wire and two clothespins. Use this activity to demonstrate the center of gravity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners explore magnetism and motion as they build a simple marble run. Learners test different arrangements of plastic and cardboard tubes, bottles, and cups on a magnetic board.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a racecar using only a rubber band, spool, straw, and paper clip! This racer is a classic toy that zips across a flat surface.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use tinfoil to build and test their own boats - which designs will float, and which will sink?

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a figure that moves and "comes to life" when they pull its string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore inertia as they attempt to whip a strip of paper out from under two coins dangling on the rim of a water glass.

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This is an activity about motion, power, air and Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes