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
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What You Do:

Explore food chains and the concepts of predator and prey.

Learn about the digestive system of owls.

Practice forming and testing a hypothesis.

Dissect an owl pellet and identify the bones within.

Materials:

• Water
• Modeling clay
• Pipe cleaners
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Adapted from Nature’s Spirit

Materials

• Plastic tub
• Ice water (need lots of ice!)
• Latex gloves
• Stopwatch
• Vaseline

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Adapted from The Kitchen Pantry Scientist

Materials

• 1 Flat baking dish
• water
• plastic spoons (for skimming)
• 1 cup (for mixing and eventually collecting oil)
• 3 Tbsp cooking oil
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• Sorbents (sponges, cloths, styrofoam, etc.)
• Paper towels
• Dishwashing soap

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