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In this activity, learners will construct an air cannon as a model for the human ear.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how sound travels through solid objects better than through air. Leaners attach a metal clothes hanger to a piece of string and hold it to their ears.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Capture soap bubble patterns on paper! In this activity, learners can create beautiful pictures from popping soap bubbles.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners trap a thin layer of air between two pieces of Plexiglas to produce rainbow-colored interference patterns.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Plants—The Green Machines), learners examine the effects that light and air have on green plants.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity and bingo-like game, learners explore why and how seeds spread far from the plants that produce them.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners will build a lung model to understand how their lungs and diaphragm work to make them breathe.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners turn empty 2-liter bottles into a see-through compost container.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 1 to 12 months
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In this activity, learners explore clouds and how they form.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can participate to learn about conservation of gas. This is one of the classic experiments using baking soda and vinegar.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make acid/base indicator paper, place the indicator paper on an anthill, disturb a bunch of ants, and then observe what happens!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to measure each other's ankles with lengths of string.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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What does it mean to be alive? Is a cactus alive? Is a seed alive? Is the air we breathe alive? What are the necessary characteristics?

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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By participating in a seed scavenger hunt, learners examine many adaptations of seeds, including how many seeds a plant makes, how those seeds travel to new locations, and what protects them from pred

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes