Watch the world record for distance

Watch the world record for time aloft

Materials

• Paper
• “The Basic Dart” instructions
• “Nakamura Lock” instructions
• “Blackburn World Record Plane” instructions
• “Sky King” instructions
• “The Hammer” instructions See the rest of this experiment »

Materials

• Warm water
• 3 soda cans
• thermometer
• paper, cardboard, bubble wrap, etc. See the rest of this experiment »

Materials

(per group)

• rubber ball
• 1-ft ruler
• 3-ft ruler
• tape
• magnet
• Hot Wheels car
• Marbles
• Skewers
• Dominoes
• String
• Bowl
• Scissors See the rest of this experiment »

Materials

• Insect aspirator
• food coloring (3 colors)
• cotton balls
• sugar
• bottle for mixing
• dropper
• round tupperware
• fluon (to keep ants from escaping)

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Materials

• Insect aspirator
• small bin with top

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Materials

• Elbow macaroni
• Large beans
• Small beans
• Paperclips
• Bar magnet
• Forceps
• Chopsticks
• Small spoons See the rest of this experiment »

Adapted from Dr. Dennis Harvey.

 Materials

• Samples of plastics (#1 – #6) , cut into small pieces and put into bags labeled A – F
• Scissors
• Beaker
• Sterno can + matches
• Copper wire
• Acetone, Isopropyl alcohol, and vegetable oil See the rest of this experiment »

Adapted from 2day’s How-to

Materials:

• red wire
• light bulbs + light bulb socket
• batteries + battery holder
• 2 nails
• paperclips
• strong magnet
• electric motor See the rest of this experiment »

Materials

• 1  “wave bin” (large plastic container with hole cut in bottom- cover hole with flexible plastic material, and tape in place)
• stopwatch
• a bucket to fill the bin See the rest of this experiment »

Materials

• 2 colors of Play-Doh
• plastic folder, cut into 2 8″x10″ flat sheets

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