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This web page contains instructions to build an air cannon from simple, household materials. A plastic bottle, clip wrap, and rubber bands are used to build this demonstration of a "vortex generator." Activities for experimentation with the cannon are provided as well as an explanation of how the air cannon works.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5898">Rochester Museum and Science Center. Science Experiment of the Week: Air Cannon. Rochester: Rochester Museum and Science Center, November 19, 2002.</a>
![]() (Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, 2002), WWW Document, (http://rochester.kidsoutandabout.com/science/aircannon.html).
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![]() Science Experiment of the Week: Air Cannon. (2002, November 19). Retrieved February 7, 2025, from Rochester Museum and Science Center: http://rochester.kidsoutandabout.com/science/aircannon.html
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![]() Science Experiment of the Week: Air Cannon. Rochester: Rochester Museum and Science Center, 2002. 19 Nov. 2002. 7 Feb. 2025 <http://rochester.kidsoutandabout.com/science/aircannon.html>.
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Title = {Science Experiment of the Week: Air Cannon},
Publisher = {Rochester Museum and Science Center},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {7 February 2025},
Month = {November 19, 2002},
Year = {2002}
}
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