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In this activity, learners discover that some things only stand up while they are spinning.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners experiment and collect data during a simulation of the fluid shifts experienced by astronauts' bodies in microgravity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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Listen to the beat of gravity. By taking two strings with weights tied to them at different, yet uniform intervals, you can hear the uniformity (and rhythm) of gravity's accelerating pull.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners experiment with marbles and weights to discover some basics about gravity and black holes.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners build and investigate pendulums of different lengths. They discover that the longer the string of the pendulum, the longer the time it takes to swing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a stuffed-animal zip line. Learners hold a cord against a wall, hook a cute stuffed animal onto it, let the animal slide down, and records its travel time.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity about center of gravity (page 23 of PDF), learners investigate how the body adjusts to the force of gravity to remain balanced.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to measure each other's ankles with lengths of string.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity about heart health (on page 34 of the PDF), learners measure their own blood pressure using an electronic blood pressure monitor with a self-inflating cuff (included in cost of materi

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate what happens when you build up static electricity on plastic balls.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes