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PVC Water Squirter
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  In this activity, learners build a water squirter using a PVC pipe, dowel, and foam. This activity is great for the summer time and introduces learners to forces and water pressure.
   
Balloon Car
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  In this activity, learners explore force and motion by constructing cardboard cars that are propelled by balloons.
   
Shake and Make: Charge Recognition
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  In this activity (page 10), learners explore how molecules self-assemble according to forces of attraction and repulsion.
   
Ramp it Up
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  In this activity, learners will build ramps and test how the laws of physics apply do different objects. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.
   
Can Energy be Created or Destroyed?
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  In this activity, learners explore conservation of energy by experimenting with a solar cell light device.
  Build a Borneo Glider
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  In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So
   
Dance Pad Mania
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  Make your own "Dance Dance Revolution" dance pad! In this design challenge activity, learners work in teams to build a dance pad that lets you use your feet to sound a buzzer or flash a light.
   
Periscope
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  In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.
   
That's the Way the Ball Bounces: Level 2
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  In this activity, learners prepare four polymer elastomers and then compare their physical properties, such as texture, color, volume, density, and bounce height.
   
What is Energy?
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  In this exploratory activity, learners experiment, observe and determine how various toys change from one form of energy to another.
   
Water Exploration Station
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  In this activity (located on page 3 of the PDF), learners investigate the way water moves and how we can control and direct water.
   
Circuit Bending with Play-Doh
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  Break open that used musical toy and squish some Play-Doh over the circuit boards, and you will hear some weird and distorted sounds the manufacturer never intended!
   
Cup Draw
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  In this activity, learners construct drawing machines using a cup, some markers, and a cricket to control the movement. A programmed LEGO RCX or Cricket is required for this high-tech version.
   
Getting Your Bearings
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  In this activity, learners explore the concept of friction and how ball bearings reduce friction.
   
Give Me a Brake
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  In this activity, learners explore the concept of how brakes can stop or slow mechanical motion.
   
Kick Stick Challenge
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  In this design challenge activity, learners investigate series circuits and motors to build a hand-held "kick stick." Their goal is create a battery-operated device that sends a Ping-Pong ball across 
   
Swinging Yo-Yo
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  Learners build a pendulum from a yo-yo, and then design their own experiment to determine what affects the pendulum's period of swing.
   
Electric Gamebox Challenge
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  In this design challenge activity, learners invent a pinball-like game where a kick stick hits a ping pong ball into a target that buzzes.
   
Solar Flip Book
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  In this activity, learners make a flip book that shows the progression of two solar events on reversible sides of the flip book.
   
Make a Garbage Bag Kite
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  Make a kite out of a garbage bag, shower curtain, painting tarp--anything light, thin, flexible and plastic!
  