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T. rex Cretaceous Treat
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In this activity, learners make edible T. rex teeth (with adult assistance). The treat is a white and dark chocolate covered banana on a stick.
What's So Special about Water: Solubility and Density
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In this activity about water solubility and density, learners use critical thinking skills to determine why water can dissolve some things and not others.
Making An Impact!
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In this activity (on page 14 of PDF), learners use a pan full of flour and some rocks to create a moonscape.
Defining Dissolving
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In this introductory activity, learners discover that sugar and food coloring dissolve in water but neither dissolves in oil.
Applesauce
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 109: The Perfect Pancake, learners make applesauce to explore irreversible change.
Equal Sharing Game
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In this activity, learners are introduced to division and fractions as they share snacks with a group of friends.
Melts in Your Bag, Not in Your Hand
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In this activity, learners use chocolate to explore how the Sun transfers heat to the Earth through radiation.
Crushing Test
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In this activity, learners design a crushing test and discover that identifying and controlling the variables may be difficult.
Natural Selection of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
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In this activity (p.3-4 of PDF), learners learn about disease transmission and antibiotic resistance.
Hot & Cold
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In this activity, learners experiment with hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, yeast, and baking soda to produce hot and cold reactions. Use this activity to demonstrate exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Salt Painting
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In this art meets chemistry activity, early learners discover the almost magical absorbent properties of salt while creating ethereal watercolor paintings.
Exploring Fabrication: Gummy Capsules
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In this activity, learners make self-assembled polymer spheres.
Oreo Phases
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In this activity, learners recreate the lunar phases using the frosting from Oreo® cookies and place the phases in order. Round cream cheese crackers can also be used if cookies are not an option.
Changing the Density of an Object: Adding Material
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Learners see that a can of regular cola sinks while a can of diet cola floats. As a demonstration, bubble wrap is taped to the can of regular cola to make it float.
Beach Buckets
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In this activity, learners explore a bucket of sand and beach objects.
Sticky Situation
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In this activity, learners separate the protein from milk and and use it to make their own glue.