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Food Grab
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In this outdoor activity, learners design devices that will catch prey or gather plants.

For the Birds
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In this outdoor activity, learners turn the fun of feeding wild birds into an investigation of bird behavior.

Pickle-oh!: Musical Pickle Instrument
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What's a Pickle-Oh? Two pieces of pickle on a stick are connected to a Pico Cricket (micro controller). When you slide the pickles apart the note changes.

Recipe for a Moon
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In this activity, learners discover that the Moon, like Earth, is made up of layers of different materials. Learners work in teams to make models of the interiors of the Moon and Earth.

Science Cooks!
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In this health, cooking, and math activity, learners explore nutrition and examine nutrition labels.

Breathing Yeasties
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In this life science activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners explore the carbon cycle by mixing yeast, sugar and water.

Solar System in My Neighborhood
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In this activity, learners shrink the scale of the vast solar system to the size of their neighborhood.

Cabbage Chemistry
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In this chemistry activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners make an acid-base indicator using cabbage. Learners then explore how various subtances react with this indicator.

Checking For Starch
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In this chemistry activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will observe a chemical change, specifically what happens to iodine when it is applied to ripe and unripe apples.

Liquid Body Armor
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In this activity, learners explore how nanotechnology is being used to create new types of protective fabrics.

Instant Ice Cream with a Dry Ice Bath
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners make carbonated, vanilla ice cream using dry ice and denatured ethanol, which are both inexpensive and accessible.

Number of Mentos vs. Height: Soda Geyser Series #5
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how many Mentos are needed to make the tallest possible soda geyser.

Temperature vs. Height: Soda Geyser Series #6
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how temperature will affect the height of a soda geyser.

Soda Brand vs. Height Experiment: Soda Geyser Series #4
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine which brand of soda makes the best (highest) soda geyser.

Tabletop Biosphere
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In this activity, learners create a sealed, mini ecosystem that supplies freshwater shrimp with food, oxygen, and waste processing for at least three months.

Interactive Gumball Machine
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In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

Shipwrecked!
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design and build the tools they need to survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

DNA Nanotechnology
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In this activity, learners explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature.

Fruit Xylophone: Fruit Salad Instrument of the Future!
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This is a perfect summertime lunch activity! Pico Cricket is required (micro controller). First, get a bunch of cut up fruit, line them up, then plug a piece of fruit with a Pico Cricket sensor clip.

Variation Game
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In this set of outdoor games, learners play the role of monkeys that are trying to get enough resources (food, shelter, and space) to survive.