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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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The major goal of this math lesson is to have learners collect data from a variety of experiments, determine what models best fits their data, and explain why their models are best.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this kinesthetic activity that demonstrates pressure, learners act as air molecules in a "container" as defined by a rope.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners use everyday materials to visualize one mole of gas or 22.4 liters of gas. The first activity involves sublimating dry ice in large garbage bag.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners prepare four polymer elastomers and then compare their physical properties, such as texture, color, volume, density, and bounce height.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore Charles' Law in a syringe.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this physics demonstration, learners will be surprised when a lemon slice appears to magically levitate within a pint glass.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult Under 5 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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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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In this activity, learners explore the concept of density by pouring 5 different liquids into a jar. Food coloring is added if needed to give each liquid a distinct color.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners investigate how the temperature of water affects its density.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes