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This is an activity that demonstrates how batteries work using simple household materials. Learners use a pickle, aluminum foil and a pencil to create an electrical circuit that powers a buzzer.

In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.

In this activity, learners sublimate dry ice and then taste the carbon dioxide gas.

In this hands-on activity, learners make the world's simplest Cartesian diver, using only a plastic bottle, some water, and a condiment packet.

Why does milk make some people sick? In this activity learners explore this question and explore the chemistry of milk, and our bodies!

This is an activity about friction as well as kinetic and potential energy.

In this online activity, learners experience the thrill of pickle making, and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.

In this demonstration/activity, learners observe as a regular size marshmallow is blown through a tube made from a manila file folder.

In this (edible) activity, learners balance chemical equations using different kinds and colors of candy that represent different atoms. Learners will work in pairs and explore conservation of atoms.

In this activity, learners stain fabrics--on purpose!

In this activity, learners use colored candy to represent subatomic particles and make a model of an atom (Bohr model).

In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.

This is an activity about acid-base reactions using eggs and vinegar. Learners place eggs inside a container of vinegar and leave to soak overnight.

In this activity, learners make a yeast-air balloon to get a better idea of what yeast can do. Learners discover that the purpose of leaveners like yeast is to produce the gas that makes bread rise.

Learn about chemical reactions by making a Bubble Bomb, a plastic bag you can pop with the power of fizz.