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In this demonstration/activity, water streaming through holes in the bottom of a suspended soda pop can causes the can to rotate.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this simple activity, learners see the production of a gas, which visibly fills up a balloon placed over the neck of a bottle.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this classic reaction, learners baking soda and vinegar in a soda bottle to produce carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. This gas inflates a balloon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this dramatic activity/demonstration about phase change and condensation, learners place an aluminum can filled with about two tablespoons of water on a stove burner.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make and race a balloon-powered car. Learners construct the body out of a paper cup, wheels out of wooden spools. and fuel tank out of a balloon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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Demonstrate the Bernoulli Principle using simple materials on a small or large scale.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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The demonstration/experiment provides quick proof that air has mass.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners complete two simple experiments to prove the existence of air and air pressure which surround us.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners complete simple exercises to investigate the relationship between force, area and pressure and their effects on materials.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Take the two-straw challenge and discover how pressure affects vacuums! In this activity, learners experiment with drinking through one and two straws, comparing the amount of liquid they can drink.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this physics activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will see firsthand that air takes up space and has pressure by attempting to inflate a balloon inside of a bottle.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty soda cans to illustrate Bernoulli's principle.

free Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners can observe a number of small convection cells generated from a mixture of aluminum powder and silicon oil on a hot plate.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this weather activity/demonstration, learners watch as a ping pong ball is suspended in a stream of air supplied by a hair dryer.

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners observe how salinity and temperature affect the density of water, to better understand the Great Ocean Conveyor.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners observe how wind creates ocean currents.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity related to flight, learners conduct two simple tests to explore how lift works.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes