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In this activity, learners follow simple historical maritime recipes to cook up hardtack and swanky, and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate the history and development of agricultural biotechnology.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the food, water, and space needs of common livestock animals.

free Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners extract DNA from wheat germ. Use this activity to introduce learners to DNA, biotechnology and genetic engineering.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Self-Assembly Activity) about self-assembly, the ability of molecules to assemble themselves according to certain rules.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In a series of three experiments, learners explore the basics of biotechnology using self-locking plastic baggies. Each experiment demonstrates a phenomenon or principle of biotechnology.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this environmental education demonstration (page 6 of the PDF), learners will see a tangible representation of the scarcity of soil resources on earth.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 5 of the PDF, learners mimic the process for making bricks. Learners shape and bake creations from a dough that is made from flour, salt, and water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners extract DNA from fruit to investigate how it looks and feels.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, Frankenstein's lab is running out of electricity! Learners use fruit to help Igor find a temporary source of energy to turn on a light.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore engineering package designs that meet the needs of safely shipping a product.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this electrochemistry activity, young learners and adult helpers create a battery from a potato to run a clock.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use the Sun's energy to cook marshmallows. Learners construct the solar oven out of simple everyday materials.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use chemistry to “self-assemble” gummy shapes. Learners discover that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore trebuchet design. Teams of learners construct trebuchets from everyday materials.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners count and measure kidney beans to explore natural selection and variation. Learners measure the length of 50-100 beans.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how packaging engineers develop customized shipping and packaging containers to meet the needs of many different industries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days