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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Lines of Force
In this activity discover the direction of the magnetic field by making patterns of the field visible with iron filings.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Pendulums
See how electricity and magnetism interact with this activity. Activity has students creating a current by swinging a copper coil through a magnetic field. The copper coil will start a second coil swinging as well.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Shielding
An activity where students test different materials to see which allow magnetic lines of force to pass through them and which block the magnetic lines of force.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Make Your Own Rainstick
Create a traditional instrument called a rainstick in this activity.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Milk Makes Me Sick
This activity will use glucose strips to explore the function of lactase enzyme in milk. Students will try to understand the lactase enzyme to figure out the basics of lactose intolerance.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Modulated Coil
Can you hear a magnet? In this activity you will be able to transfer the sound from your iPhone, iPod or radio to a cassette-tape player.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Moire Patterns
In this activity, students will use Moire patterns to demonstrate wave interference.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Momentum Machine
A quick activity to see how to speed up your spin on a chair.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Motor Effect
Create a simple device to see how a force is exerted on a current by a magnetic field. This activity shows how an electric motor can be made with this force.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Non Round Rollers
Can you build rollers that are not circle shaped? In this activity, build non-circular rollers that a flat panel can roll smoothly on.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Ocean Acidification in a Cup
In this activity, you can observe how ocean acidification can have big consequences. This activity has students creating a cup that has a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere that allows them to watch how the water changes beneath the atmosphere.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: On the Fringe
This activity will have students exploring interference patterns by observing air trapped between two pieces of clear plastic.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Organ Pipe
Learn about resonance with this activity where a tuning fork's sound can be amplified! The sound is amplified by holding the fork over a pipe and changing the pipe's length.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Overlapping Spot
Do you know how to make a bright spot brighter? In this activity, your eyes will send conflicting information to the brain. See how you perceive what is on the paper.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Pinhole Magnifier
Explore properties of light by making a pinhole magnifier using simple materials and a light source.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Polarized Light Mosaic
Learn how to make stained glass window art using the phenomenon of polarized light.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Salty Pits
Investigate the effectiveness of different deodorants at combating armpit bacteria. Involves growing bacterial cultures on agar plates.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Shell Shifts
Investigate the damage that ocean acidification does to the shells of sea creatures.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Skin Size
Find out the approximate surface area of your skin in this exercise, and how much atmospheric force is exerted upon it.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Film on a Can
Investigate the properties of light by exploring the color effects produced when light is shone on soap film.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Bubble Shapes
Using straws and soap, you can create geometric shapes to make a colorful art display when light shines through them.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Film Painting
Investigate the constructive and destructive interference of waves as they reflect off the front and back surfaces of soap film. See what colorful effects can be created on a large, vertical soap film surface where gravity comes into play.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Spherical Reflections
Investigate the behavior of light that is reflected off a spherical mirrored surface.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Spinning Blackboard
Explore the effects of drawing in a straight line within a rotating frame of reference. This activity requires a turntable. If this is unavailable, a cake turntable with a glued-on center post might work as well.
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