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In this activity, learners make three different "seed" types and determine which design flies the farthest.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Millions of organisms can live in and around a body of water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 107: My Shrinking Shoes, learners observe how plants change as they grow.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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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 use their senses to collect information about a fruit and record their findings in a Science Journal.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity), learners will identify a group of deciduous trees to study.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build penetrometers to test leaf toughness. Biologists measure leaf toughness to study the feeding preferences of insects and bugs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a garden in a disposable glove. They learn about the conditions necessary to make the seeds sprout and actively participate in caring for their plants.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this investigation, learners plant seeds in a 2-liter bottle filled with soil that is connected to a water source below. Over the next few weeks, learners observe how the plants grow.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners test the rate of ripening fruit and vegetables and use a chemical to inhibit the ripening process.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 18-28), learners explore how the shape of seeds affects how they are dispersed by wind, birds, ocean currents and other means.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this inquiry-based lesson, learners measure the biomass of trees, calculate the carbon stored by the trees, and use this information to create recommendations about using trees for carbon sequestra

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into tree growth rates.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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Learners take a field trip along a local body of water and conduct a visual survey to discover information about local land use and water quality.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor biology and math activity, learners estimate the size of a population of organisms too numerous to count.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 12 of the PDF), learners make a sundial (shadow clock) appropriate for their geographic location in the northern hemisphere and use it to tell time.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners build models to learn about the special cells and structures that plants use to move water from their roots up through the stems and leaves.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 7 days