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  Water Microscope
Use easy-to-find supplies to make a simple microscope, then see small objects magnified!

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  Seesaw Moment
Try this simple experiment and learn about balance.
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  Mysterious Colors
Find out what happens when you mix oil, food coloring, and water.

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  Clearly Focused
Here's a science experiment to try in a swimming pool!
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  You're on a Roll
Find out how round objects reduce friction.

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  Air Has “Push”
Try this activity to experience the pressure of the air around you.
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  Pepper Pickup
Make pepper leap onto a balloon in this simple experiment.

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  Make a Pinhole Camera
No film is necessary to make a pinhole camera.
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  Which Bounces Higher?
Learn about the energy of moving objects.

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  Possibilities and Probabilities
There's a good possibility that you'll enjoy trying this.
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  Salt, Water, and Ice
Try this simple experiment to discover whether salt makes it easier or harder to freeze water.

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  Taking Up Space
Eureka! Use water displacement to help you figure out the volume of an apple.
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  Down the Drain
Find out if water always swirls down drains in the same direction.

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  How You Tear It
Find out what you can learn by tearing a piece of newspaper.
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  Our Flag's True Colors?
Trick your eyes into seeing this flag’s true colors.

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  Fast Math in Ancient Egypt
Before calculators, Egyptians had their own way to multiply.
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  Paper Engineering
Why are steel beams shaped in a certain way? Try this experiment to find out.

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  Trace the Shadows
Try this simple experiment, and prove that the Earth is spinning!
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  Listen with Your Teeth
Try this simple experiment to find out how solid objects carry sound vibrations.

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  The Reversing Arrow
Try this experiment to find out how the arrow changes direction.
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  Staying Warm
Do this experiment and find out how seals and walruses live in icy waters.

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  Spinning in the Wind
Here's how to make a simple turbine like the kind that powers windmills.
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  Into Thin Air
This activity shows the effect of evaporation.

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  Amazing Melting
Which ice cubes melt faster? Try this experiment to find out!
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  Nine Squares in One
An easy way to make the perfect tic-tac-toe grid.

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  Make a Light Pipe
Transmit light with a light pipe you can make yourself.
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  Change the Flow
This experiment will prove that oil and water don't mix.

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  Catch a Burp from a Soft Drink
Study the gas that puts the fizz in soda pop.
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  Can Tableware Float in the Air?
Try this simple experiment, and learn about balance.

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  Two Pendulums Taking Turns
See the strange effects two pendulums joined together have on each other.
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  The Möbius Strip: Math with a Twist
Check out this mind-boggling math trick.

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  It's a Squawker
Others will squawk at YOU when they hear this.
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  How You Judge Distance
Keep both eyes open and learn about how to judge distance.

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  The Hush of Snow
See how quiet the world can be.
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  Make a Mini Powerboat
This fast little boat is powered by soap!

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  Which Way Will They Go?
Find out which is stronger: air pressure or moving air.
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  Turn Sounds Around
Learn how the human brain locates the source of a sound.

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  Swimming Seeds
Make seeds dive and rise in a drinking glass.
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  True Acid Test, A
Use ordinary cabbage to identify acids and bases.

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  Room for More
How can you pour water into a jar that already seems full? Try this experiment to find out!
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  Make a Static-Charge Finder
Get a charge out of learning about static electricity.

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  Iron Burns . . . Slowly
Check out the chemistry of rust.
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  Cupful of Compass, A
Here's an easy way to make a magnetic compass.

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  Water in the Air
An experiment that proves that air can carry water.
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  What Passes Through Here?
What kinds of dust, dirt, and little creatures move around in your home?

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  The Squirming Caterpillar
Make crumpled paper wiggle and find out why it does that with this experiment.

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