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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Chicken Sounds From a Cup!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for a science demonstration of how get chicken sounds from a cup using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Clean Pennies With Vinegar

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for a science demonstration of how to clean pennies with vinegar using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Activity
Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Gluep Solid or Liquid?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this experiment, students create a polymer substance called Gluep, then investigate its properties. Includes a detailed explanation of how the polymer molecules bond together to form the plastic.
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Activity
Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Put a Shine on It

For Students 6th - 8th
An experiment investigating how to remove the tarnish from silver. Includes an explanation of how the silver becomes tarnished, and the chemical reaction taking place when the shine is restored.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Balloon Hovercraft

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site allows you to discover how air pressure works as you learn how to build your own hovercraft.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Rough Science Island Observatory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS site asks users to imagine that they are stranded on a tropical island. Provides experiments for users to calculate time at night and to identify what is in the night sky.
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Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Build a Soap Powered Model Boat

For Students 5th - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for a science demonstration of how to build a soap-powered model boat using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Make Plastic Milk

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob gives instructions on how to make plastic milk using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Try Some Lava in a Cup

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob provides instructions for how to make some lava in a cup using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Buddies: A Color Symphony

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob provides instructions for making a color symphony using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: The Giant Dry Ice Bubble Sphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for making a giant dry ice bubble sphere using common supplies.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: The Ultimate Bubble Solution

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for making the ultimate bubble solution using common supplies with information on how it works.
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Article
Rice University

Rice University: Galileo's Pendulum Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides a great look into the pendulum experimens of Galileo. Contains first-hand writings and examples of experiments along with links to additional information.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Do It: Balancing Act

For Students 3rd - 8th
An experiment kids can do at home to discover how the center of gravity can affect whether things will balance or not.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Carrying Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can you carry 100 pounds of water easily? Is it possible? PBS site invites you to come along with Michael and Joel as they attempt to answer this question.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Suction

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment to find out how an old-style doorbell works.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Michelle O (Formerly Vanna)

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an activity where students experiment with how the brain receives a strange view of a familiar object.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreate this optical illusion using two parabolic mirrors to make it appear like an object is in the center, when it is really just its image. This experiment requires special equipment which may need to be purchased.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Persistence of Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
This experiment demonstrates how the eye retains its memory of what it sees for a brief time, allowing us to construct the overall image in our minds from the parts we see.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pipes of Pan

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment to create a device using cardboard tubes that will separate a mixture of sounds in a background into their different frequencies, from low to high depending on the tube length.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Polarized Sunglasses

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment that demonstrates how polarized sunglasses work.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Proprioception

For Students 9th - 10th
The human body has proprioceptors that send signals to the brain so that we are aware of our body's position and movements. Try these simple experiments to learn about proprioception and about other visual and tactile clues that assist...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pupil

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this experiment to see how light affects the size of your pupils.

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