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Carousel Pump
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In this activity, learners build a carousel toy that spins when pushed down.
Animal & Plant Cell Slides
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In this activity, learners make slides of onion cells and their own cheek cells. Use this lab to teach learners how to prepare microscope slides and use a microscope.
Hand Spin Helicopter
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In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.
Trip Wire
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In this activity, learners build simple alarms that they can attach to anything, such as a drawer or doorway. This activity introduces learners to electricity, circuits, and currents.
Double Horn
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing their very own instruments using PVC pipes, soda bottles, and a straw.
Periscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.
Sound Automata
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In this activity, learners build their own sound machines and explore the interplay of motion and sound.
Tube Zither
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing tube zithers, stringed instruments from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
PVC Water Squirter
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In this activity, learners build a water squirter using a PVC pipe, dowel, and foam. This activity is great for the summer time and introduces learners to forces and water pressure.
Motorized Balancing Toy
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In this activity, learners build a toy that flies in circles. This activity introduces learners to center of mass, torque, and rotational motion.
Airboat
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In this activity related to Newton's Laws of Motion, learners build a boat powered by a propeller in the air.
Bag Pipe
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing their very own bagpipe instrument.
Magnet Tower
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In this activity, learners build magnetic towers to explore the forces and properties of magnets.
Minibot
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In this activity, learners build a mini dancing robot. This engineering activity introduces learners to electricity, circuits, switches, conductivity, and motors.