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In this activity, learners explore how engineers design devices that can detect the presence of pollutants in the air.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Just like birds, some dinosaurs had air-filled (pneumatic) bones, which made the dinosaurs' skeletons lighter.

$1 - $5 Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty 2-liter bottles and hot tap water to illustrate the effect of heat on pressure.

free Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 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 demonstration, learners observe the effects of density and pressure. A "diver" constructed out of a piece of straw and Blu-Tack will bob inside a bottle filled with water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners search for lichen, a combination of a fungus and an alga living together. Lichen grow where most other plants cannot, on rocks, the trunks of trees, logs and sand.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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 outdoor, ocean-side activity, learners investigate the distribution of organisms in the upper region of the intertidal zone.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners make their own organic-rich soil. Depending on where this activity is done, learners will probably discover that their local soil is low in organic matter.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes