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In this simple activity, learners see the production of a gas, which visibly fills up a balloon placed over the neck of a bottle.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners combine different plant solutions -- made from fruits, vegetables, and flowers -- with equal amounts of vinegar (acid), water (neutral), and ammonia (base).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity (on page 8), learners model how marble statues and buildings are affected by acid rain.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners use heat to shrink samples of polystyrene plastic (#6 recycle code). Learners compare the size and shape of the plastic pieces before and after shrinking.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this hands-on activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners experiment with lemon juice and paper to create a message that can only be revealed using chemistry.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Using household materials, learners can make white gooey globs from clear solutions. Alum, dissolved in water, reacts with the hydroxide in ammonia to create aluminum hydroxide.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will use static elecricity to bend a stream of water without touching it. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Extract your DNA from your very own cells! First, learners swish salt water in their mouth to collect cheek cells and spit the water into a glass.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that atoms and ions of different metals will change places.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners make film canister rocket ships. A fin pattern is glued onto the outside of the canister, and fuel (water and half an antacid tablet) is mixed inside the canister.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how metals react with each other. They will see these metals change before their eyes as they coat a paperclip with the copper taken from a penny.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this chemistry activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners corrode a penny in a cup with vinegar, salt water, and a source of iron (nails, paper clips, or twist ties).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners explore surface tension by adding pennies to cups which are "full" of plain water or soapy water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes