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The Turing Test: Conversations with Computers
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This activity aims to stimulate discussion on the question of whether computers can exhibit “intelligence,” or are ever likely to do so in the future.

Exploring Fabrication: Self-Assembly
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In this activity, learners participate in several full-body interactive games to model the process of self-assembly in nature and nanotechnology.

Space Elevator
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In this activity, learners imagine what the world might look like if we could build an elevator to space!

Bernoulli Brain Teasers
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In this activity related to flight, learners conduct two simple tests to explore how lift works.

Exploring Size: Ball Sorter
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In this activity, learners use sieves with different-sized holes to sort balls by size.

Safe in the Sun
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In this activity on page 13 of the PDF, use a special plastic card that has been painted with a chemical that changes color when it is in UV light.

Milli's Insulation Investigation
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In this activity on page 2 of the PDF, learners test different materials to find out which is the best insulator.

The Search for Secret Agents
Learners tour their school or home looking for sources of indoor air pollutants (IAPs).

Algebra: Aw Chute!
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In this math lesson, learners determine and compare the rate of descent of various learner-constructed parachutes. Learners construct parachutes that will have maximum hang times.

Finger Basketball
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts using cardboard and measuring spoons. Use this activity to introduce learners to catapults, forces, and levers.

Elevator Engineering
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In this activity, learners will use household items to design and build an elevator that will carry 2 passengers to a height of 16 inches...or higher!

Community Wind Project
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In this thought-provoking activity, learners plan a hypothetical project to build and operate wind turbines in their community.

Turning the Air Upside Down: Warm Air is Less Dense than Cool Air
Learners cover a bottle with a balloon. When they immerse the bottle in warm water, the balloon inflates. When they immerse the bottle in a bowl of ice, the balloon deflates.

Cup Towers
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In this activity, learners explore different ways to stack cups to meet a personal goal.

Weather Vane
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In this meteorology activity, learners build weather vanes using straws, paperclips, and cardstock.

Production of Carbon Dioxide
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In this chemistry activity, learners use common chemicals to produce carbon dioxide and observe its properties. This resource includes brief questions for learners to answer after the experiment.

Water Bugs
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Some bugs can walk on the surface of a lake, stream, river, pond or ocean.

Fantastic Plastic
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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of plastic bags. Learners find out what happens when they slowly push a pencil through a plastic bag filled with water.
Balloon Surprise
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In this activity, learners discover a trick to release the air out of a balloon without popping it.
Gelatin Optic Fibers
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In this activity, learners make optical fibers out of strips of gelatin.