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In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners discover that a magnet falls more slowly through a metallic tube than it does through a nonmetallic tube.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This is a series of demonstrations about different electrical and magnetic phenomena.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a compass, powerful magnet, and copper magnet wire to build a special generator known as a dynamo.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate the separation techniques that materials recovery facilities (MRFs) use and then design their own series of recycling techniques.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity and demonstration about electricity and magnetism, learners observe how the current generated when one copper coil swings through a magnetic field starts a second coil swinging.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes