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In this activity learners will create paint out of natural materials. Explore your natural world (or your fridge) and find berries, leaves, or flowers to find a great base for your paint.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this three-part activity, learners use food to determine the effects of wind, sandblasting and water on regolith (dust) formation and deposition on Earth.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this sunny day, outdoor activity, learners observe changes in shadows over time. The activity also helps to develop a sense of the Earth's motion.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity linking human health to the environment, learners use their pulse rates as a measure of the effort expended in walking on different slopes.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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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, learners will investigate air and gravity through the use of various fabrics by through them in the air. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult
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In this activity, learners of all ages can enjoy experimenting with ice. Try this experiment at the kitchen table or in the great outdoors to encourage budding scientists to experiment with ice.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners model atmospheric convection currents using food coloring, water, and clear cups. Activity includes step-by-step instructions, STEM connections, and more.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build a design and build a place for pollinators to drink from.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners will investigate and compare the root systems of plants. Explore how weed and edible plant roots differ, and take a closer look inside with the careful use of a knife!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners calculate the number of milliliters of water a nearby tree transpires per day.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners will build rainwater collectors to practice meteorology in their own backyard. Collect and analyze data to determine how much rainfall you get in a set period of time.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 4 weeks
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An ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This fun hands-on astronomy activity lets learners use star maps (included) to find constellations and to identify stars with extrasolar planets (Northern Hemisphere only, naked eye).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners collect worms and then observe how they move.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity where learners will discover what types and how many insects live in their own backyard.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use Styrofoam to collect organisms from a pond, estuary or marine environment and then examine what they have caught with a microscope.

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