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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Jacques Cousteau in Seashells

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment in optical illusions. Understand how seeing is a joint effort between your eyes and your brain.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Size and Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment in depth perception where you investigate how you perceive the size and distance of objects with one eye closed.
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Other

Steve Spangler Science: Soda Bottle Prank

For Students 2nd - 5th
This resource demonstrates atmospheric pressure using a soda bottle and water.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Outcomes and Predictions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on identifying possible outcomes and making predictions.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: The Lincoln High Dive

For Students 5th - 8th
Instructions for a science demonstration of Newton's first law of motion using common supplies. Learn how to turn the demonstration into an experiment.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pie Pan Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students observe what happens when a pan of soapy, colored water is heated. They will see that convection currents cause the fluid to rise and sink in a localized convection cell.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Hand Held Heat Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you defy the force of gravity by making liquid in a toy rise and fall without turning it over? This experiment will show you how to use hand boiler that uses temperature and pressure to move liquid into the top chamber.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Cutting a Rock

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can you cut a rock without a saw? Is it possible? PBS site invites you to come along with Mike and Victor to find out.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Build a Hovercraft You Can Ride

For Students 4th - 8th
Science Bob provides instructions for building a hovercraft you can ride using common supplies with tips for using it.
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Other

Port Discovery Children's Museum: Stem at Home: Bouncy Egg Experiment

For Students 3rd - 6th
Would you believe us if we told you we could make an egg bounce without breaking? Check out this experiment. It requires just three ingredients and five easy steps to learn how to bounce an egg.
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Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Primer Ciclo Eso

For Students 6th - 8th
These are 10 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
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Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Elmol: Segundo Ciclo Eso

For Students 9th - 10th
These are 14 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
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Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Elmol: Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
These are 14 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Dna in a Blender

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these illustrated instructions to conduct a simple experiment in separating DNA from an onion!
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: How Strong Is It? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan students will learn how strong a Post-it notes adhesion really is! Students will experiment pulling a Post-It note to collect quantitative data to explore the adhesive properties of the note.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Candy Chromatography

For Students 4th - 8th
In this experiment, you learn about chromatography when you separate the dyes in candies like M & M's and Skittles to see how many dyes are in each color.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Floating Soap Bubbles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this experiment you learn how to generate carbon dioxide inside a container, and float soap bubbles above the gas. Once the bubbles are suspended, it is possible to observe them closely, which is normally very difficult to do....
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Chemiluminescence Cool Light

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment in chemiluminescent reactions using a commercial Lightstick. As the temperature conditions are changed, students observe changes in the Lightstick and record their observations.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Bernoulli's Principle

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment with a balloon and a wind tube that investigate how Bernoulli's Principle applies to a stream of moving air.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Rubber Bands and Heat

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment to investigate the thermal properties of rubber by studying its behavior in different scenarios. A discussion of how entropy explains what is observed is provided.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Making Things Glow in the Dark

For Students 4th - 8th
Try this experiment to learn how to make things glow under a black light, why this happens, and some applications of this phenomenon.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Lumpy Liquids and Squishy Solids

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment in viscosity using cornstarch and water. Includes a detailed explanation of viscosity, of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, and examples of different fluids that fit into each category.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Bending Water

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment where static electricity is used to 'bend' a stream of water flowing from a faucet. Includes a detailed explanation of how this works.
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Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Conducting Solutions

For Students 4th - 8th
An experiment where one must first build a conductivity tester, then use it to test how well water conducts electricity when different materials found around the home are each dissolved in it.

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