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In this activity, learners explore how distance can affect the way we perceive the size of an object.

free Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners compare the relative sizes and masses of scale models of the planets as represented by fruits and other foods.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the relative sizes and distances of objects in the solar system.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this indoor or outdoor water activity, learners pour water from small cups to large cups and containers. In doing so, they discover water takes the shape of its container.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners investigate how drag affects the falling rate of objects.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners observe the effects of air pressure. They will watch as marshmallows inside a bottle expand as a vacuum pump removes air from the bottle.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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Get all wrapped up in a lesson about skin!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners explore the Earth and Sun's positions in relation to the constellations of the ecliptic with a small model.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate the formation of craters. Learners will examine how the size, angle and speed of a meteorite's impact affects the properties of craters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this collecting/comparing activity, learners work with samples of sand from different places like a lakefront, river, or ocean beach.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this hands-on and feet-on excursion, learners take a science walk to visualize the planet's immense size and numerous structures, without the usual scale and ratio dimensions found in most textbook

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners model, on a human-sized board game, how changes in water temperature may affect fish distributions and, ultimately, fisheries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore Charles' Law in a syringe.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity/demonstration, learners observe what happens when two ping pong balls are suspended in the air by a hair dryer. Use this activity to demonstrate how rain drops grow by coalescence.

free Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Forecasting), learners will construct an air cannon by cutting a hole in the bottom of a bucket and stretching a garbage bag over the other end

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that as the salinity of water increases, the density increases as well. Learners prove this by attempting to float fresh eggs in saltwater and freshwater.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this goopy activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity), learners will model glacial movement with “gak,” a white glue and liquid starch mixture.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this three-part activity, learners explore how waves are formed and why some waves are bigger than others. First, learners observe waves of water in a pan generated by an electric fan.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes