I need some ideas

hey guys,
What’s cookin?
I need some activities for kids ages 9-12. Something where the materials are easy to find. Like the CD jitterbug thing. If you can hook me up with the step by step, that would be great. Anything else that you think might be fun for that age group, would be cool.  Thanks.

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Einstein at the Exploratorium!

This is a copy of an email sent by Richard Brown on Pie Day!!!
Of course, Albert Einstein never actually visited the Exploratorium, but did you know that our collection includes exhibits that were actually used by Einstein? One of these is still on our museum floor. Can you guess which it is?

Answer: [...]

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DNA: Size Does Matter. But is it Science or Art?

Last week Karen came in to teach us about DNA and size.  Since DNA is so very itty-bitty, we were having a hard time understanding the magnitude of it and other tiny things we talk about daily but can’t see.  It was really cool imagining the sizes of bacteria, viruses, DNA, and cells relative to [...]

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Maker Faire!

Maker Faire, once again, was really awesome. Above is a slideshow of the craziness that was the Exploratorium booth. Unfortunately, I have no photos of anything else that happened, because I pretty much stuck to the Explo space all the time. I know there was selective cupcake riding, some guy made a vacuum tube [...]

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Our 2nd Skins

Check out Luigi and Kristen’s big modeling debut at last Friday’s second skin event. Paul D. is man enough to wear a dress! Dennis Bartels cant be contained by the normal bounds of a photo frame. Sylvia skirt watch!!! Nicole wears her constricting pully corset. And brain coral you shake it you move it [...]

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