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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

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Explore the greenhouse effect and learn about the impacts it can have on the environment.

Circle of colours

What is white light?

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Find out what happens if you spin the colours of the rainbow in this hands-on activity.

What speeds up a chemical reaction?

What speeds up a chemical reaction?

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Learn about the role of yeast in this fun decomposition reaction.

What uses electricity?

What uses electricity?

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Take a tour of different rooms in your home. Which items in each room use electricity? How do you know they use electricity?

What are curds and whey?

What are curds and whey?

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It starts with curds and whey! Explore the basic chemistry behind making cheese in this hands on activity.

What are the effects of acid rain on rocks?

What are the effects of acid rain on rocks?

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Learn about the chemical reaction that happens between acid rain and limestone.

What causes ocean currents?

What causes ocean currents?

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Create a model of ocean currents and learn how currents are formed.

What do magnets do?

What do magnets do?

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Have fun discovering what magnets can pick up in this hands on activity.

Is a green apple always green?

Is a green apple always green?

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What does light have to do with colour? Observe some colourful fruit under different conditions to learn why we see the colours we see!

Is it a liquid or a solid?

Is it a liquid or a solid?

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Make some goop that has the properties of a liquid and a solid.

is-it-possible-to-change-water-into-cola

Is it possible to change water into cola?

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Explore the concept of displacement of fluids in this hands on activity.

Is there a difference between baking powder and baking soda?

Is there a difference between baking powder and baking soda?

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Explore acid-base chemical reactions that really get things bubbling in the kitchen!

How much of an iceberg is on top of water?

How much of an iceberg is on top of water?

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In this hands on activity find out just how much of an iceberg is below the surface. It might surprise you!

How tall can you build a marshmallow structure that will support weight?

How tall can you build a marshmallow structure that will support weight?

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Are you willing to give up a sweet treat for the sake of science? Can you engineer a strong and stable structure out of something soft and fluffy?

monster about to sneeze

How does snot work?

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Make some fake snot and explore the function of mucus in this fun activity.