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Learners use several types of insect sampling and collection equipment to make an insect collection. Learners can collect insects from their schoolyard or yard at home.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use coverslips to collect organisms from a pond, estuary or marine environment and then examine what they have caught with a microscope.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity, learners plan a simple foot path and create an environmental impact study of the natural area where the path would be.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners observe hard parts of sea creatures (shells, molts, etc.) to better understand marine environments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity and/or field trip, learners investigate the water currents that aquatic animals create when they breathe, feed, and propel themselves through water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners make a small batch of biodiesel that will work in any diesel engine. Learners use an old juice bottle as a "reactor" vessel to chemically process vegetable oil into fuel.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have improved roofing designs and materials in order to protect the contents of buildings.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners are divided into teams.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours