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In this activity related to indoor air pollution, learners build take-home dust catchers with wax paper and petroleum jelly.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how to protect their skin while applying pesticides to plants.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Visitors add drops of copper sulfate solution onto a steel nail. They observe the nail change color from silver to brown as the copper plates onto the nail.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Visitors test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid and the solids salt and sugar. They clip leads from the hand generator to wires immersed in each substance.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Visitors prepare six solutions combining vinegar and ammonia that range incrementally from acid (all vinegar) to base (all ammonia).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this math lesson, learners explore the concept of using units to measure length. Learners first read "How Big is a Foot" by Rolf Myller and learn about units.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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In this chemistry activity, learners fill two test tubes with a solution of "artificial stomach fluid," consisting of hydrochloric acid in the same concentration as in human stomachs, some soap to cre

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners use a universal indicator to test the amount of sodium hydroxide needed to change the pH of plain water compared with the amount needed to change the pH of gelatin.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Visitors observe a bottle with a balloon attached around the mouth. The bottle contains a solution of yeast, sugar, and water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Learners use a mortar and pestle to extract clove oil from cloves using denatured alcohol. They put this oil on paper, which they can take home.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this simulation of synapses, learners act out communication at the neural level by behaving as pre-synaptic vesicles, neurotransmitters, post-synaptic receptors, secondary messengers and re-uptake

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the "nuts and bolts" of gene chips.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 1), learners role play as atoms to explore how atoms can be rearranged to make different materials.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will conduct an experiment to discover methods of reventing foot mold growth on food.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity (on pages 11-14 of PDF), learners cut out pictures from magazines of foods that help make bones strong and glue the pictures to a paper bone.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners mark their traits for tongue rolling, PTC tasting (a harmless, bitter chemical), and earlobe attachment on tree leaf cut-outs.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this "gross" activity (on pages 34-46), learners make a life-size model of a human digestive tract, and follow the life of a beef tapeworm as it makes its way through.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 10-15), learners investigate starch in human diets and how plants make starch (carbohydrates) to use as their food source.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners participate in fun movement activities while playing on a giant game board. Use this activity to get learners involved in physical activity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners dissect a piece of pizza to learn about nutrients important for health.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes