Oregon Museum of Science and Industry


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This activity is on page 8 of the pdf, part of the Sea Life Discovery Box. This is an activity exploring the characteristics of fish.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners explore how recyclers take advantage of the different properties of materials, such as magnetism and density, to separate them from a mixture.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid for electrical conductivity. They immerse leads from a lighting device (a battery pack connected to an LED) into each solution.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners combine hydrogen peroxide with three different forms of potato: raw chunks, ground chunks, and boiled chunks.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners observe a bottle containing water and oil. They are invited to pick up the bottle and mix the contents together.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This is a series of demonstrations about different electrical and magnetic phenomena.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will model the mechanical weathering and erosion of rocks in a stream or river.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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During this activity, learners will make different versions of "ooze" using varied proportions of detergent and glue.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes