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Dogs and Turnips
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Learners turn over a random selection of cards from a larger set. From the words revealed, they try to determine the sentence represented on the larger set of cards.

Mystery Tubes
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Learners investigate a pre-constructed mystery tube to determine its interior mechanism.

Invent on the Spot
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In this activity, learners design a device to solve a problem: how to get a ball out of a drain pipe.

The Egg Activity
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Learners observe the outside and inside of raw chicken eggs, record descriptions, and hypothesize what will happen when a facilitator drops an egg on the floor.

Magnetic Pendulum
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In this activity about magnetism (page 15 of the PDF), learners will explore how opposite and similar magnetic poles affect a swinging (pendulum) magnet.

Poking Around: Having Students Experience the Real Process of Science
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Using indirect methods, learners determine the shape and size of a piece of carpet hidden under a piece of plywood.

Newton's 2nd Law: Inquiry Approach
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In this lab activity, learners act as fellow scientists and colleagues of Isaac Newton. He has asked them to independently test his ideas on the nature of motion, in particular his 2nd Law.

The Checks Lab
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A group of learners has an envelope containing a series of bank checks. A few checks are removed at a time, and the team attempts to construct a plausible scenario which involves those checks.

Heavy or Light
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In this activity, learners explore a scale by comparing objects, which look similar but have different weights. Learners predict and then measure the weights of various objects using a scale.