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In this activity, learners explore the engineering behind seismographs and how technology has improved accurate recording of earthquakes.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use simple materials and basic tools to construct a special toy to explore pendulums. As the head of the toy bobs one way, the eyeballs bob the other way.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that two pendulums suspended from a common support will swing back and forth in intriguing patterns, if the support allows the motion of one pendulum to influence t

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about magnetism (page 15 of the PDF), learners will explore how opposite and similar magnetic poles affect a swinging (pendulum) magnet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this physics activity, learners assemble and/or investigate a pendulum "snake." Several large steel hex-nuts are suspended on strings of successively increasing length to form a series of pendulums

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18
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In this activity, learners explore how the pendulum has been a reliable way to keep time for centuries.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this full inquiry activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Kinetic Sculpture Challenge Activity), groups of learners will make predictions about which feature of a pendulum (mass, length,

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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The Drawing Board consists of a marking pen that remains stationary and a platform that swings beneath the pen, acting as a pendulum.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge activity follow up to "Kicking Machine", learners add a hands-free feature to their Kicking Machine.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a machine that kicks a Ping-Pong ball into a cup lying on its side 12 inches away.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes