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Divya Allu Peddinti is a researcher who studies ice shelves in Western Antarctica. Divya uses computer models to understand the interaction between ice shelves and the ocean water around them. This activity gives students the opportunity to model their own "ice shelves". Divya's Polar Puzzle can help to show how different features affect the melting …

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Ice Fishing: Can you pick up an ice cube with a piece of yarn?

3, 2, 1, Liftoff! Engineer a rocket prototype that can overcome Earth’s gravity and launch into the sky.

Create a DIY Lava Lamp! A lava lamp is a mixture of oil and water that has little balls of water and carbon dioxide floating through the oil. This demonstrates the hydrophobic properties of oil in water.