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In this activity, learners explore how ordinary marshmallows expand when heated in a microwave.

In this activity, learners conduct a simple test to find their blind spot.

In this quick optics activity, learners use a dim point of light (a disassembled Mini MagLite and dowel set-up) to cast a shadow of the blood supply in their retina onto the retina itself.

Align four color transparencies, each one a single color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and see a beautiful full color image.

Create an illusion where it appears that your hand has a hole in it. You'll see the results from when one eye gets conflicting information.

In this activity, learners cook amino acids and sugar to explore the range of aromas released.

In this activity, learners explore motion and airflow by setting two aluminum cans on their side and blowing air in-between them.

See what force a magnet has on a wire that has current running through it: will it push it, pull it, or will nothing happen? This is the foundation of a simple electric motor.

If you had a long tube with a 5 millimeter wide slit, would you see the entire Golden Gate Bridge?

Balance a ball in the air with a hair dryer! This Exploratorium produced activity shows learners concepts like lift and air streams. You can try many different angles, speeds, and ball types.

Which one of your eyes are dominant? Do they act independently or are they equally "in control?" This activity explores how your eyes work (or don't work) together.

What happens when two wave pulses meet in the middle? Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.

We listen to stereo music systems, tv's, and radios because it simulates being where the sound originates.

Listen to the beat of gravity. By taking two strings with weights tied to them at different, yet uniform intervals, you can hear the uniformity (and rhythm) of gravity's accelerating pull.

With a magnet, iron fillings, and a bottle, you can create a cool demonstration about magnetic lines of force: the fillings will arrange themselves within the magnet's magnetic field.

This science activity demonstrates the dominant eye phenomena. What does your brain do when it sees two images that conflict?

Sound can travel through a variety of media.

Create a simple dual pendulum and get them to swing in identical ways. This is a simple, low cost, activity produced by the Exploratorium.

Play with a slinky and make transverse waves. In this simple Exploratorium Science Snack, learners will experience making waves and will learn the different parts of a wave.

Put a string around your head, and play it! Learn about vibration, sounds, and pitch.