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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bernoulli Levitator

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity illustrates Bernoulli principle by suspending an object in the air by blowing down on it.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bicycle Wheel Gyro

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that by holding a spinning bicycle wheel you can make a rotating chair spin? This activity will have you spinning as you use a bicycle wheel as a gyroscope.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bird in a Cage

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the receptor cells in your eye's by completing this activity! In this activity, observe how by staring at one color you will see another due to adaptation of the cones in your eye.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blind Spot

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that there is a part of your eye that does not give you any visual information? In this activity learn about this part of the retina called the "blind spot".
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bone Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity uses polarized lights to show stress patterns in a clear plastic fork. Students can relate the stresses in plastic to stresses in the bone.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bronx Cheer Bulb

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity observe how light sources flash as you give them a raspberry. As you complete the activity, make a conclusion about what is wiggling the lights or you.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bubble Suspension

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the principles of buoyancy and semipermeability in this activity by using bubbles and dry ice.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cd Spectroscope

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze light by creating a CD spectroscope in this activity. See the whole spectrum of light with the spectroscope.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Center of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity demonstrates an easy way to find the center of gravity of an object.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cheshire Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will trick your brain into thinking that your friend has disappeared except for their smile. Understand what happens when your eyes receive different images.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Circles of Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a magnetic field that is stronger than Earth so a compass needle will orient itself to the new field in this activity.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Circles or Ovals?

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you ever wonder why you have two eyes but only see one image? This activity will explore how your brain combines the images from your eyes in surprising ways. Learn about the dominant eye and how some people do not have one!
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Coffee Can Cuica

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity students will use the engineering design process to make a musical instrument called a cuica. This musical instrument uses "stick-and-slip" vibrations to make the sound.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cold Metal

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity to show you that your hand is not an accurate measurement of temperature.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Colored Shadows

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about additive mixtures in this activity. Understand how your rods and cones work together to see color.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Condiment Diver

For Students 9th - 10th
Use a condiment packet as a Cartesian diver to show how pressure changes cause the "diver" to float, sink or hover.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Conductivity Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a conductivity meter with everyday materials in this activity. This conductivity meter is portable and allows students to test the conductivity of liquids easily.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Convection Currents

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a visual of convention currents with this activity. This activity allows students to observe the currents by bending light due to cold and warm water.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Conversation Piece

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know a balloon filled with carbon dioxide can act as an amplifier? In this activity test how sound travels through carbon dioxide molecules.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cool Hot Rod

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will show students how objects change size when heated and cooled. Students will observe a metal tube have expansion and contraction.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Corner Reflector

For Students 9th - 10th
By creating a kaleidoscope using a set of hinged mirrors students can see themselves as others do! This activity uses mirrors to create multiple images of an object.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Coupled Resonant Pendulums

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand about a pendulum's natural or resonant frequency in this activity where you create your own pendulums. Students make a pendulum out of PVC pipe, string, and hex nuts.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Coupled Resonant Pendulums 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the concept of resonance to allow you to cause two pendulums to swing in an identical cycle. Pendulum are constructed from simple materials like string, pencils, paper clips, and pennies.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cup Speaker

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will have students creating their own speaker with a paper cup, coil of wire, and magnet. The speaker operates by changing electric current into sound.

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