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Learners add drops of four liquids (water, alcohol, salt water, and detergent solution) to different surfaces and observe the liquids' behavior.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners experiment with creating various types of bubble solutions and testing which ingredients form longer-lasting bubbles.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners observe and record what happens when they manipulate bottles containing a liquid (water or corn syrup) and one or more objects (screw, nail, paper clip).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this simple demonstration, learners investigate the properties of air pressure. Learners place an index card on top of a glass full of water, then invert the glass.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners apply their knowledge from a previous study to identify different liquids--water, corn syrup, and vegetable oil.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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Young learners investigate and observe the properties of three liquids -- water, vegetable oil, and corn syrup. They use their senses to collect data and ask and answer questions.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a gelatinous slime using guar gum powder and borax. Educators can use this simple activity to introduce learners to colloids.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This interactive demonstration reintroduces learners to three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and introduces them to a fourth state of matter, plasma.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners heat ice and water of the same temperature to get a hands-on look at phase changes. This is an easy and inexpensive way to introduce states of matter and thermodynamics.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate whether having sugar already dissolved in water affects the speed of dissolving and the movement of sugar and color through the water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity about density provides instructions for making a miniature "lava lite" with just salt, oil, water, and food coloring.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners add different liquids (water, salt water, alcohol, and detergent solution) to water and observe the different ways the different liquids combine with water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, sodium acetate hand warmers are used to introduce learners to supersaturated solutions, crystallization, and exothermic reactions.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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
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In this activity, learners add different liquids to water and apply their working definition of “dissolving” to their observations.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners heat and cool carbonated water to find out whether temperature has an effect on how fast the dissolved gas leaves carbonated water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners identify an unknown liquid by comparing its behavior to known liquids. Learners drop liquids onto different surfaces and see how the liquids behave.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make colored sugar and add it to water, alcohol, and oil to discover some interesting differences in dissolving.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity has learners observe water and compare it to other liquids.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes