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The experiments were intentionally designed to require only simple, inexpensive, and commonly available materials that can be easily obtained in schools, households, or local hobby stores. Most activities use basic everyday items such as sand, water, plastic containers, balloons, paper, small hand tools, magnets, candles, food colouring, or simple craft supplies. No specialized laboratory equipment is necessary, allowing the experiments to be prepared quickly and performed safely in classrooms, outreach events, or informal educational settings with minimal financial cost.

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A new freely available educational almanac developed by researchers from the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences offers a collection of 16 simple, hands-on experiments designed to bring geoscience into classrooms, science festivals, and outreach activities. Using minimal equipment and commonly available materials, the experiments demonstrate fundamental Earth science processes including volcanism, plate tectonics, earthquakes, rock deformation, erosion, and atmospheric phenomena.

The activities are intentionally designed to be low-cost, quick to prepare, visually engaging, and easily reproducible in both primary and secondary education. By transforming abstract geological concepts into tangible physical demonstrations, the almanac aims to make geoscience more accessible, intuitive, and attractive for students, teachers, and the broader public worldwide.