Science Cube - Scavenger Hunt!
Find each of the following stations at the Discovery Cube, perform the activities, and answer the questions.
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Topographic (Contour Maps)
Recycle Center
Which of the following is NOT considered a trash item?
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Sound waves, resonance (Ruben's tube)
Record the setting that you need in order to replicate the above image.
Pulleys; Mechanical Advantage
Which of the following is the easiest?
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Pulleys; Mechanical Advantage
Which of the following is easiest?
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Joints, Movement
Which part of the bike moves similarly to the human knee?
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Global Investigations
What is the purpose of this global image?  What does it display?
Home construction - Outdoors
If the roof has an area of 20 m^2 and rain is steadily falling at a rate of 2 cm/hour, how long would it take to fill the rain barrel?
Assume the rain barrel has a volume of 0.2 m^3 (55 gallons).
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Estimate the mass of the full rain barrel
Assume the rain barrel has a volume of 0.2 m^3 (55 gallons).
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Home Construction - Indoors
Which of the following dishwashing practices saves water?
Energy Efficiency of Lighting
Find the total amount of watt usage and then convert the answer into Killowatts.
The CFL bulb runs for 2 hours, the LED for 3 hours, and the Incandescent for 1 hour.
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Which of the lightbulbs is the most energy efficient? (Lowest wattage)
Find the home in the back of the Discovery Center and find the light bulb display.
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Tree Rings
Looking at the tree rings, place them in order from greatest rainfall to least rainfall by year.
Look at the width of each ring.  The thicker tree rings means more precipitation for that year.  
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Find this tree ring in the museum.  How old is this tree at the time it was harvested?
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Discovery Cube Grocery Store
Which of the following does not reduce ecological impact?
Choose to shop for eco-friendly options in the Discovery Cube grocery store. Scan items in the store to answer the question.
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Which type of fruit has the most vitamin A?
Choose to shop for healthy options in the Discovery Cube grocery store. Scan items in the produce section to answer the question.
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Tornado
Adjust the dials until the column of smoke looks like the one in the picture.
When viewed from above, is the vortex spinning clockwise or counterclockwise?
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Pick up a foam bat and swing it at a ball. When you hit the ball, which of Newton's 3 Laws is depicted?
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How many total atoms do you need to make an ammonia molecule? *
Go to the atoms and molecules station on the second floor.  Explore the different types of atoms, then make an ammonia molecule.
Sorting of Waste
Which stage in treatment is trash and grit screened out?
Go to the water wall and focus on the water cycle portion.
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Which item(s) should be placed in the blue can?
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Energy Transfer - Waves
Turn the crank on the energy transfer machine, how many yellow blocks make up a wavelength?
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Is matter transferred through the wave?
Atoms & Molecules
How many green colored atoms would you need to construct a propane molecule?
Go the Atoms and Molecules station on the second floor and explore the many possible combinations that  you can make.
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Create a CO2 molecule model. How many bonds are there in the entire model? *
Santa Ana Winds
Which description below best matches your experience in the wind tunnel?
Go to the Santa Ana wind display and enter the wind tunnel.
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If you combine 2 bright foam pieces and one dark foam piece, what happens to your ‘seed’?
Go to the Santa Ana wind display and look at the seed design.
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Water Cycle
Describe the steps of recycling and wastewater treatment.
Start with the primary stage and end with advanced purification. Use commas and spaces between answers.
What states of matter does evaporation come from and go to?
Go to the water wall and focus on the water cycle portion. Note: s = solid, l = liquid, g = gas
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Helicopter Ride- LA Water supply
What is the origin of the water in the LA Aqueduct?
Go to the helicopter and watch the presentation.
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Where does the Kern River End?
Go to the helicopter and watch the presentation.
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Aquavator - Aquifer
At what depth in the water table would you find fractured rock?
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Is this deep enough to be poisoned by hydraulic fracturing?
Foam blocks
Using any 20 foam blocks, you are your classmates will each build a structure that is 1 meter tall.  Stand 5 meters away from your structure and throw one ball as hard as possible at your tower to try and knock it down. Repeat with all the other towers.
Which factor allowed the towers that did not collapse to have the most structural integrity?
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