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In this activity (on page 7), learners explore the meaning of a "carbon sink." Using simple props, learners and/or an educator demonstrate how plants act as carbon sinks and how greenhouse gases cause

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this life science activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners explore the carbon cycle by mixing yeast, sugar and water.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the concepts of density and basic chemical reactions as they create a homemade lava lamp effect using water, oil, food coloring, and Alka-Seltzer tablets.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct and launch rockets using simple materials and their understanding of chemical reactions.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners make carbonated, vanilla ice cream using dry ice and denatured ethanol, which are both inexpensive and accessible.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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This is a chemistry lab activity about solutions (page 6 of the PDF). Students make a limewater testing solution for carbon dioxide and explore the concepts of solubility and precipitates.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners find out what happens when they cover leaves with pieces of black construction paper. This activity shows learners that plants need sunlight to survive.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 7 days
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Learners mix vinegar and baking soda to produce a gas. With the addition of a bit of liquid soap, the gas becomes trapped in measurable bubbles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how acids can dissolve eggshells leaving behind a membrane-covered bouncy egg.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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"Sublimation Bubbles" allows learners to explore how some solid materials, such as dry ice, can phase change directly from their solid to gaseous form.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners mix vinegar and baking soda together in a bottle to create a chemical reaction. The reaction produces a gas, carbon dioxide, which inflates a balloon attached to the mouth of the bottle.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine which brand of soda makes the best (highest) soda geyser.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours