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In this activity, learners build a carousel toy that spins when pushed down.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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If a sailboat is stranded because there is no wind, is it possible to set up a fan on deck and blow wind into the sail to make the boat move?

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build inexpensive pulley assemblies from pulley wheels used for sliding screen door replacement or from clothesline spreaders.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make plates levitate! Learners build "hovercrafts" using simple materials to explore friction and motion.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore motion, energy, and electricity by constructing bottle cars that run on motors.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners work with plastic sheeting, masking tape, and string to design the perfect material for plastic chair webbing, and then construct their webbing.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners conduct four simple experiments to demonstrate the effects of air pressure.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how pneumatics and hydraulics could be used to produce movement in a robotic arm.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a miniature wind tunnel to measure force. Learners construct the model out of Lexan plastic, a fan, and a precise digital scale.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners build a simple "rocket" with ordinary household materials to demonstrate the basic principles behind rocketry and the principle of reaction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an old-fashioned paddle boat out of simple materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct speedy vehicles made out of paper plates and powered by twisted rubber bands.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Each group of learners uses everyday materials, such as paper, toothpicks, and tape to design and construct a structure intended to support the weight of a cinder block for 30 seconds.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity related to Newton's Laws of Motion, learners build a boat powered by a propeller in the air.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build their own construction cranes using tongue depressors and pushpins.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners create beautiful fluid motion. They explore fluid dynamics, surface tension, solubility, and buoyancy while mixing liquids together.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes