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In this introductory activity, learners discover that sugar and food coloring dissolve in water but neither dissolves in oil.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners mix up a bubbly brew and examine density. Learners explore how they can make different materials fall and rise in water using oil, water, and salt.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a mixture of water, alcohol and permanent marker ink, and then add salt to form a colored alcohol layer on top of a colorless water layer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This is a chemistry lab activity about solutions (page 6 of the PDF). Students make a limewater testing solution for carbon dioxide and explore the concepts of solubility and precipitates.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners apply a dissolving test to known crystals to identify the unknown. Since the unknown is chemically the same as one of the known crystals, it should dissolve similarly.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how acids can dissolve eggshells leaving behind a membrane-covered bouncy egg.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this group activity, learners act out key stages of the "ocean carbon cycle" (also known as the "carbonate buffer system") through motions, rearranging blocks and team tasks.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners mix milk, vinegar, baking soda, and water to create sticky glue. Use this activity to explain how engineers develop and evaluate new materials and products.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Cave Swallows Activity), learners will model how caves are formed by placing one piece of chalk in a cup of vinegar and another piece in a cup of water, then

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes