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Fantastic Four: A Math Card Game
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This is a game that is sure to sharpen players' basic math skills. Players must use four randomly selected numbers to create an equation that equals a fifth number.

Breaking the Code: Mayan Math
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This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

Two Washers
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In this activity, learners create a mind and math puzzle that requires a three-dimensional solution.

Momentos de Mixing in Math: Varias Actividades Matemáticas de 5 ó 10 Minutos
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Los Momentos de Mixing in Math son actividades de 5 a 10 minutos que mantienen a los chicos ocupados, aprendiendo sobre el mundo, y usando matemáticas por su cuenta.

Paper Cup Stool
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In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

Can I Get Some Pi?
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In this activity, learners will explore pi and the mathematical relationships between a circle's diameter, circumference, and radius.

Ant Super Strength
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In this activity, learners compare their own strength to ants through a series of physical tests.

Weight in Space
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In this activity, learners are challenged to calculate their own weight on various planets using a scale and calculator. Older learners may be challenged to do so without using calculators.

Volume, Mass, and Density Boxes
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can utilize it to investigate volume, mass, and density.

Cipher Wheel
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In this activity, learners make their own encrypted code to pass along secret messages using a printable cipher wheel.

Your Age on Other Worlds
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Did you know that you would be a different age if you lived on Mars? It's true!

The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.

Pico Cricket Compass
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Learners can program a compass to draw a circle by itself using a Pico Cricket, some Legos, and lots of tape! Pico Cricket is required.

Measure the Sun's Size
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In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

Toilet Paper Solar System
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In this activity, learners build a scale model of the solar system using a roll of toilet paper.

Home Water Audit
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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

Slide Rules
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

Sustainable Grazing
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In this activity, learners investigate the food, water, and space needs of common livestock animals.

Hold a Hill
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In this outdoor activity, learners investigate the relationship between the slope of a trail and soil erosion.
What Does Life Need to Live?
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).