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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Ball
Experience the same lift that flies airplanes with this activity where you suspend a ball in a stream of air. This activity illustrates Bernoulli's principle.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Stick
An activity to study how the position of the center of gravity is affected by the distribution of mass of an object. This activity ask students to balance a dowel on their finger and by moving the playdoh around the dowel they see how it...
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bee Hummer
An engineering design project to use simple materials to make an instrument to mimic the sound of a swarm of bees.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bernoulli Levitator
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
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
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
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
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
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
Explore the principles of buoyancy and semipermeability in this activity by using bubbles and dry ice.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bubble Tray
This activity allows students to create and observe giant bubbles.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cd Spectroscope
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
This activity demonstrates an easy way to find the center of gravity of an object.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cheshire Cat
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
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?
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
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
An activity to show you that your hand is not an accurate measurement of temperature.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Color Contrast
Did you know that different-colored backgrounds cause colored objects to look different? In this investigation, students will experience this phenomenon.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Color Table
Did you know that different-colored backgrounds cause colored objects to look different? In this investigation, students will experience this phenomenon.
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Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Colored Shadows
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
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
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
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.