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Maryland Science Center: Happy Birthday, Harry Potter! [Pdf]
Using your knowledge of electricity, learn how to make a 'magic' wand like Harry Potter's that will light up on your command.
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Maryland Science Center: Baggie Blast [Pdf]
See what happens when you mix vinegar, water, and baking soda.
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Maryland Science Center: Barnyard Ballooning [Pdf]
This is a design challenge where students create a basket, attach it to a balloon, add eggs, and drop it all from a height to see if their design protects the eggs from cracking.
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Maryland Science Center: Bouncy Balls [Pdf]
Use simple materials in a chemical reaction to create a bouncy ball, and learn about long-chain polymers.
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Maryland Science Center: Bubbling Cauldron Dough [Pdf]
Create a dough using simple ingredients and make it bubble like a brew in a cauldron by causing an acid-base reaction.
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Maryland Science Center: Build a Conductivity Tester [Pdf]
Instructions on how to build an instrument that can be used to test which materials are conductors and which are insulators, in order to bridge a gap in an electrical circuit.
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Maryland Science Center: Burning Money [Pdf]
An interesting chemical reaction experiment where a dollar bill is set on fire. When the flame dies out, students are asked to explain why that happened.
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Maryland Science Center: Caramel Chemistry [Pdf]
This activity demonstrates the Maillard Reaction, which explains how browning and flavor develop when something is cooked.
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Maryland Science Center: Cd Greenhouse [Pdf]
This activity explains how to germinate a seed inside a CD case so that its growth is visible. The transparency of the case makes it simple to track its growth using a marker.
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Maryland Science Center: Cd Landspeeder [Pdf]
Using simple materials, create your own hovercraft in celebration of Star Wars Day, and learn what makes it hover.
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Maryland Science Center: Create a Kitchen Chemistry Kit [Pdf]
Instructions for how to safely create a chemistry set using basic ingredients found around the home. Provides two experiments to try, one involving a physical change and the other a chemical change.
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Maryland Science Center: Milk Plastic [Pdf]
A simple experiment to create a chemical reaction between milk and vinegar, with the product being a type of plastic.
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Maryland Science Center: One Ring to Rule Them All [Pdf]
A simple experiment to create a secret message using invisible ink, in honor of J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday and the Ring in The Lord of the Rings.
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Maryland Science Center: Smelly Lemurs [Pdf]
Test your sense of smell as you learn about how lemurs communicate.
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Maryland Science Center: Butterfly Feeder [Pdf]
Provides instructions on how to create a butterfly feeder for your yard.
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Maryland Science Center: Chameleon Jelly [Pdf]
Students learn about chemical reactions that produce a color change in this simple experiment involving jelly.
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Maryland Science Center: Stomach Stones [Pdf]
In this simple activity, you will learn about the stomach stones, or gastroliths, that aided the digestion of some dinosaurs.
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Maryland Science Center: Diy Telegraph [Pdf]
Instructions for how to build a telegraph device for sending a message in Morse code.
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Maryland Science Center: Balloon Kabob [Pdf]
Learn how to push a skewer through a balloon without actually popping it, and why this is possible.
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Maryland Science Center: Shrinky Dink Charms [Pdf]
Use recycled plastic to make shrinky dink jewelry and decorations.
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Maryland Science Center: Field Goal! [Pdf]
Create a catapult using the provided link, then experiment with it to see how your accuracy at making a field goal is affected by distance from the goal posts. Learn about the physics of the football's trajectory path.
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Maryland Science Center: March Madness Finger Basketball [Pdf]
Build a miniature basketball court, and use a spoon lever to shoot balls into the basket. Experiment with different materials to see which one works the best.
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Maryland Science Center: Diy Kazoo [Pdf]
Instructions for how to make a kazoo. Also explains how the vibrations from humming create the sound.