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In this activity, learners will turn cream and salt into butter—using marbles. Learners will explore how shaking up fat globules help them create homemade butter.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will construct a device to blow bubbles. By adding corn syrup to the bubble solution, we can increase the surface tension of the bubbles--and their size.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will experiment with water- and air-filled balloons as a way of dampening sound before it reaches their ears.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will use string and salt to lift an ice cube out of a glass of water. Salt depresses the freezing point of water, allowing it to melt around the string and refreeze.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will write a secret message that only their friends will be able to read.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build an instrument from common household items. Explore sound through vibrations created by your vocal chords and captured by an instrument.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will construct an air cannon as a model for the human ear.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will use bubble wrap to print patterns on paper and experiment with mixing colors.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will experiment with salt and ice in order to turn a bag of ingredients into ice cream.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes