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Rock Cycle Roundabout
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  In this activity, learners will learn how igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock are formed as part of the rock cycle and that the same forces that produce/change rocks also produce/chan
   
Statue Display Tower
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  In this activity, learners design, build, test and redesign a display tower that will meet a specific set of criteria and constraints.
   
Secret Writing Devices
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  In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.
  Leaves: Extracting Pigments
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  In this fun, hands-on autumn activity, learners experiment to discover whether the colored substances in leaves can be separated from the leaves.
   
Instant Ice Cream
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  In this activity, learners make instant ice cream without using a freezer.
   
Cool Hot Rod
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  If you have access to a copper metal tube, this activity does a great job demonstrating what happens to matter when it's heated or cooled. This activity requires some lab equipment.
   
DNA Extraction
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  Learners use a simple process to extract DNA from strawberries.
   
Shake It Up!
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  Learners observe a sealed container holding a clear colorless liquid. They shake the container and the fluid turns blue. When allowed to sit for a few moments, the fluid turns colorless again.
   
Do the Mystery Samples Contain Life?
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  In this activity (on pages 13-16 of the PDF) learners investigate three mystery samples to see which one contains life. The three samples are sand, sand and yeast, and sand and antacid.
   
Soap-Film Painting
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  Make a big canvas of iridescent color with pvc pipe! In this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll need to cut and assemble some PVC pipe, but the pay-off, the soap-bubble canvas, is big.
   
Invent an Insect
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  In this creative activity, learners will find out what makes an insect an insect by studying examples of insect adaptations and by examining why there are so many different types of insects.
   
Puppet Power
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  In this mechanical engineering activity, learners design shadow puppets with moving parts and use them to tell stories.
   
Balloon Bugs
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  In this activity, learners make balloon models of disease-causing bacteria.
   
Shake and Match
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  In this activity, learners create a hearing based memory game that they can share with friends.
   
Benham's Disk
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  In this optics activity, learners discover that when they rotate a special black and white pattern called a Benham's Disk, it produces the illusion of colored rings.
   
Find Your Pack
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  This activity introduces learners to wolf behavior and communication.
   
Smart Domino Tricks
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  In this activity, you take regular dominoes, and turn them into conductive switches that can turn on a LEGO RCX block or Pico Cricket (micro controller). LEGO RCX block or Pico Cricket is required.
   
Stereoscope
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  In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to view 2-D images in 3-D.
   
NEWspaper: Make Your Own Paper
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  Learners make their own paper using old newspaper. Learners can make their paper colorful by adding construction paper.
   
Build a Battery
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  Learners make a simple battery out of "sandwiches" of aluminum foil, pennies, and a salt water-soaked paper towel.
  