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- Tornados & Thunderstorms Twister in a bottle!
  
  Make your own tornado using two 2-Liter soda bottles! The way how your tornado in a bottle works is quite similar to a real-life tornad...
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- Tornados & Thunderstorms Make Lightning
  
  Would you like to see "lightning" without waiting for the next thunderstorm? All you need is a piece of fabric, a metal pie pan, a styrofo...
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- Tsunamis & Floods 3D Flood Simulation
  
  Watch this simulation of a flood to see a behind-the-scenes look at how a flood is initiated from rainfall!
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- Earthquakes Make-a-Quake: Earthquake Simulator
  
  This simulation lets you create your very own earthquake. Design your own virtual building to stand up to the earthqu...
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- Hurricanes Hurricanes: Quiz Challenge
  
  Take this quiz to test your hurricane knowledge!
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- Robotics Build Your Own Robot Arm
  
  Using common materials you can build your own robot arm with your friends! Read the instructions to find out what you'll need and how to do it and...
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- Robotics Engineering in Reverse
  
  Learn in reverse! See how products were designed by taking them apart!
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- Robotics Furby Autopsy
  
  A lot of toys today are types of robots. A great way to learn about how these fun robots work is by taking them apart, or ...
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- Robotics Explore the Deep Seas from Your Armchair
  
  One of the biggest challenges of remotely operated vehicles (or robots) is communication. A lot of times robots are ...
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- Robotics Red Rover Goes to Mars
  
  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore mars? Explore this activity and learn about what it's like to control a robot in a remo...
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- Wind Energy Ski Boat Air Jet
  
  See if you can make a boat that moves quickly across the water! Using only air find out how fast you can make your craft move!
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- Wind Energy Build and Surf an Origami Hang Glider on a Wave of Air
  
  This is really amazing! Can you make a glider fly without touching it, without a motor, without any wind? Well after doing this project you will be able to! Watch the video first - you wont believe your eyes. Kids just like ...
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- Wind Energy GE Imaginarium Smart Grid Augmented Reality Experiment
  
  Use the webcam connected to your computer to interact with a hologram of a wind turbine! This augmented reality experime...
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- Wind Energy PowerUp: The Game
  
  Fossil fuels have been damaging the environment, and it's up to you to save the world! Much of the ecosystem is destroyed, and people are dying....
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- Wind Energy Suck an Egg out of a Bottle
  
  Not only is this activity fun, and a little messy, it will teach you how heat affects air. Heat is an important part of wind, as is the cooling ...
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- Video Games National STEM Video Game Challenge
  
  Calling all middle school students! President Obama wants YOU to create your own video game! Make the best game and win big prizes! Sign up for the contest http://www...
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- Video Games Roboforge
  
  Construct your own 3D robot, program its movements, sensors, and attacks through Artificial Intelligence, and watch it defeat all the other robots! Players don't have to learn a new programming language, but Roboforge still supports programming conce...
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- Video Games StarLogo
  
  Create drawings, animations, and games starring Logo the Turtle! You can also create modeling presentations for your class or look at sample...
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- Video Games Microsoft Basic
  
  Do you want to program, but you don't know how to start? Microsoft created a language just for you, and there are LOTS of tutorials to h...
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- Video Games Learn Kodu!
  
  Create, design, and play your own games with Kodu! You can play with either your mouse & keyboard or your Xbox controller. There’s even a...
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- Biometrics Create a DNA Fingerprint
  
  Follow this interactive lab to learn how to make a DNA fingerprint, evaluate evidence and solve a crime! DNA can tell you a lot abou...
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- Forensics Cops and Robbers - Solve the Crime Game
  
  Collect evidence to figure out who did the crime in this fun, interactive game! Click on the link to start playing!
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- Crime Scene Investigation CSI: The Experience Web Adventure
  
  Follow the experts from the TV show CSI in this game to learn more about how forensic science helps to solve crimes!
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- Crime Scene Investigation Trace Evidence Detective Game
  
  Solve the puzzle challenges in this game to get more clues to solve a murder mystery!
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- Forensics Evidence - How Do We Know What We Know
  
  How do we know what we know? Learn about the process of investigation and observation to see if you really know what you know. View this Activity!

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Earthquakes

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