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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how their sense of smell affects their taste buds. Learners taste different flavored jelly beans while holding their nose.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate taking HIV antiretroviral drugs by using Tic Tac mints and Kool-Aid packets.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners conduct a "blind" taste-test of several types of enhanced or fitness water drinking water that has commercially added substances like vitamins, sugars, or herbs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners test to see if saliva is necessary for food to have taste.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (2nd activity on the page), learners explore how the nose is responsible for part of the flavor we taste in food.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity about olfaction (7th activity on the page), learners use natural ingredients to concoct their own perfume.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity (3rd activity on the page), learners taste test different foods and categorize them as sweet, bitter, sour, or salty. Learners compare their results with the group.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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En esta tira cómica, Mateo y Cientina emplean su conocimiento de la química y las medidas para esta actividad deliciosa - ¡hacer helado!

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners use household items to smell the difference between some stereoisomers, or molecules which are mirror images of one another.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners sublimate dry ice and then taste the carbon dioxide gas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (last activity on the page), learners make a model of the eardrum (also called the "tympanic membrane") and see how sound travels through the air.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this online activity, learners experience the thrill of pickle making, and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this simple chemistry activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Colorblind Dogs) about acids and bases, learners will mix a baking soda and water solution and use it to paint a message on a

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners follow a recipe to create play dough scented with fruit-flavored drink mix.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners examine their tongue and taste buds.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity on page 9 of the PDF, learners test how flavoring extracts move through the walls of a balloon.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a "mini sky" in a glass of water in a dark room.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this optics activity, learners use a shoebox, colored cellophane and sunlight to "change" the colors of gumballs. Learners will be surprised when the green and blue gumballs appear black!

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