This lab uses a commercially available kit titled Make Your Own Bouncy Balls. The kids will snap together a plastic ball mold, add neon-colored powder, and immerse it in water. The powders get wet and react with one another to make a bright bouncing ball in about 3 minutes. Fun, fool-proof, pol..

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How do we get all of those different products out of a black, flaky lump of coal? The answer is simple, the process a tad more complex: you heat it to separate its different compounds. This process is called distilling, or cracking. In this lab we heat a chunk of coal and see and smell the by-p..

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This lab takes a peek at the adaptations animals have made to survive in the desert. The kids will explore water storage, temperature management, and predator and reproductive strategies that have evolved to allow the animals to thrive. They will then create their own desert sponge animal..

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An overview of how minerals are identified and classified by geologists. Every mineral has a unique chemical composition and crystal structure. Therefore, every mineral has its own set of unique properties. This lab features six of the most common tests used to identify minerals: color, s..

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A cool optical illusion and introduction to magnetic induction. You are going to suspend a stack of hex nuts using a pair of book magnets, demonstrating that magnetic fields can be induced in iron objects. To do this you have to set up an arrangement where the magnetic field of the book m..

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The kids are going to use ring magnets on a straw to demonstrate the attraction and repulsion of magnetic poles to one another. They will also measure the effect of weight on the ability of a magnetic field to repel an object.