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In this activity, learners investigate the behavior of magnets. Learners create a "wonder wand" with a magnet so they can move a skater around.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Did you know that some breakfast cereals are fortified with ferric phosphate, while others contain tiny pieces of reduced iron?

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will reuse plastic bags in an interesting way.

free Ages 6 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners investigate an iron-fortified cereal by stirring it with a strong magnet. They discover that metallic iron is present in some cereals.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how metals react with each other. They will see these metals change before their eyes as they coat a paperclip with the copper taken from a penny.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about electricity and magnetism, learners discover how a doorbell works. A coil of wire with current flowing through it forms an electromagnet that acts similar to a bar magnet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Body Electricity Activity), learners will observe how dry breakfast cereal appears to dance when it gets close to a balloon charged with static

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes