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ZOOM Glue
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In this activity, learners mix milk, vinegar, baking soda, and water to create sticky glue. Use this activity to explain how engineers develop and evaluate new materials and products.
Inside DNA
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In this activity (on pages 34-39), learners make a fairly detailed model of DNA using licorice and gumdrops.
Avogadro's Bubbly Adventure
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners investigate the solubility of gas in water at different temperatures. This experiment will help learners determine if temperature affects solubility.
Energy Sources
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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 5 of PDF), learners conduct an experiment to compare how much energy is released as heat from two different foods.
Ice Cream Shake
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In this tasty activity, learners make their own ice cream any day of the year in an exploration of heat and cold. Highlights include freezing and melting and the transition from liquid to solid.
Design a Flavor: Experiment to Make Your Own Ice Cream Flavor!
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In this delicious activity, learners get to make, taste-test and compare their own "brands" of homemade strawberry ice cream.
Energy For Life
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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 1 of PDF), learners observe and quantify the growth of yeast when it is given table sugar as a food source.
Breathing Yeasties
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Does yeast breathe? Find out by watching how plastic bags filled with yeast, warm water and different amounts of sugar change over time.
Copper Cleanup
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In this hands-on experiment, kids use chemistry to explore whether acids or bases are better at restoring a penny’s shine.
Regolith Formation
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In this three-part activity, learners use food to determine the effects of wind, sandblasting and water on regolith (dust) formation and deposition on Earth.
Be A Pasta Food Scientist
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In this activity, learners of all ages can become food scientists by experimenting with flour and water to make basic pasta.
Pea Brain!: Explorations in Estimation
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In this activity, learners use two different techniques to estimate how many little things fit into one bigger thing.
Using Chemical Change to Identify an Unknown
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In this activity, learners will develop a method to test five similar-looking powders (baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, detergent, and cornstarch) with four test liquids (water, vinegar, i
Finding the Carbon in Sugar
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In this activity about combustion and energy, learners observe a burning candle in a sealed jar and the burning of white sugar.
Avi's Sensational Salt Dough
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners mimic the process for making bricks. Learners shape and bake creations from a dough that is made from flour, salt, and water.
I Can't Take the Pressure!
Learners develop an understanding of air pressure in two different activities.
Reflective Solar Cooker
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In this activity, learners use the Sun's energy to cook marshmallows. Learners construct the solar oven out of simple everyday materials.
Solar Cooker
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Learners build a simple solar oven from a shoebox, black construction paper, and aluminum foil. Over the course of a few hours, the oven heats up water enough to brew tea.