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D.I.Y. Victorian Virtual Reality

Make your own stereoscope and experience the nineteenth-century predecessor to today’s virtual reality technology.

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Get Creative with Nanoscale Inventions

Invent your own thin film artwork ... no paint required!

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Extract DNA at Home!

DNA is inside the cells of every living thing, including you.

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Be a Hydroponic Gardener

Believe it or not, some plants can grow without soil. This type of gardening is called hydroponics.

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Polishing Pennies

Clean up those old pennies with this home activity guide!

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Make a Polymer

Be inspired by the work of Kevlar© inventor Stephanie Kwolek with this How-To guide to making your own polymer!

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Make Your Own Wind Turbine

Build a wind turbine to capture the force of the wind!

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Make a Yo-Yo from Recycled Stuff

Learn how to make you're own yo-yo!

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Build a LEGO Light Bulb

Detailed instructions included!

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Create Your Own Bubbles

Everyone loves bubbles!

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Create Your Own Indoor Kite

Who says you can't fly a kite inside?

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Design Your Own Monument

Inspired by some of DC's majestic monuments!

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Create Your Own Cardboard Gramophone

The Gramophone is an early device created to reproduce sound recordings and was invented by a German-born American inventor named Emil Berliner. Learn how you can make your very own gramophone using objects from around your home with this great Spark!Lab activity!

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Inventing a Knitting Pattern

It is entirely possible to invent your own knitting pattern—and it’s easier than you think.

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Create a Robotic Garden

Try your hand at inventing a robotic garden!

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Caviar Manicures and Inventive Dreams

Try your hand at an innovative kind of manicure. (Pun intended!)

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Build a Pasta Concept Car

Gather some friends or family members, a few rolls of tape, and whatever types of pasta you can find in the pantry and spontaneously engage in the invention process first-hand by building a prototype car!