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Easy Science Experiments: The Incredible Can Crusher

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you crush a soda pop can with your bare hands? Try this experiment where with the help of air pressure you can show your friends what kind of strength you have. Make sure you stay safe! There is a video included.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Scientific Method Conclusion

For Students 3rd - 8th
The conclusion of a science experiment summarizes how your results supported or contradicted your hypothesis. See a sample of a conclusion and find out what makes a good conclusion.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Amazing Adaptations Probing Pinnipeds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a technology-rich, hands-on science experiment exploring the world of pinniped adaptations using a digital probe as a data collection device.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Balloon Rockets [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates Newton's Third Law by launching rockets made out of balloons. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what causes balloons to shoot forward and how you can make them...
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Hover Cup

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment in which you make a hovercraft, a machine that uses compressed air to do work, from a paper cup. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how air flow can minimize friction and cause...
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Can You Stand the Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment that demonstrates the four states or phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how you change water from a liquid state to a gaseous...
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Halloween Science Experiments and Ideas

For Students 4th - 8th
Take a look at some FUN Halloween ideas and experiments!
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EL Education

El Education: Original Physics Experiments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students ask questions about why things move the way they do and then design and carry out science experiments on the physics behind the movement. Students create lab reports to explain the steps of their process and to record...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Don't Be Nervous

For Students 1st - 5th
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about habituation and to test your nerves.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Erosion Explosion

For Students K - 1st
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about how erosion works.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Whirl Y Bird vs. Whale Y Bird

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Improve the design of a very simple aircraft, the whirlybird, and learn about hydrodynamics and biomimicry in this science experiment. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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Other

The Expanding Balloon Experiment

For Students 6th - 8th
Great science experiment to help aide in the understanding of the Big Bang Theory. Students are able to complete this experiment with little materials and individually.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Wave Blockers

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do the radio, TV, radio controlled cars, and cell phones all have in common? They all use invisible waves to transmit information. Find out which materials block radio waves, and which materials allow radio waves to pass through in...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/electricity & Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature science exhibits and experiments that can be made with common, inexpensive, easily available materials. These electricity snacks represent a set of devices that you can build and experiment with...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Penny Battery

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students will learn how to make a battery with a water solution and two types of metal. This is then used to power an LED light. Includes video demonstration.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Peripheral Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this experiment with a partner to investigate the extent of your peripheral eyesight. Includes video demonstration.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Biome in a Baggie

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ZOOMSci video segment shows how to create self-contained environments and explore how plants grow under different conditions. [3:24]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Super Scientists

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Grab your science tools and explore with PBS KIDS. Through hands-on activities and exciting media that transports you to space and in the Earth, this collection will bring science to life in your classroom. These resources help students...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Why Do Soccer Balls Get Flat Science Fair Project

For Teachers 2nd
Discover what happens to the circumference of a balloon when it is placed in dry ice, kept at room temperature, and when it is warmed by a hairdryer.
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NASA

Nasa: Building a Winogradsky Column [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
NASA teacher's guide to building a Winogradsky Column to study microorganisms. When this guide was first released, students were invited to participate in two webcasts with NASA scientists. The conversations from those webcasts are...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Acid Rain

For Students K - 1st
What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.
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Education.com

Education.com: Educational Activities for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Great activities for you and your little ones! Extreme Hopscotch, Taste Test Science, Build Writing Muscles, and much, much more! Links to worksheets and education-related articles.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Edible Rovers High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers, designing, building and displaying their edible rovers to a design review. To begin, they evaluate rover equipment and material options to determine which parts might fit in their given...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: What's in the Dirt?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will observe changes in a small environment.

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