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This lesson focuses on surface area and how the shape of sugar crystals may differ as they are grown from sugars of different coarseness.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners watch a video to learn about a couple who built a home out of shipping containers in Brooklyn, New York.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity/demo, learners examine a synthetic gecko tape with micron sized hairs that mimics the behavior of the gecko foot.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about the "Tyndall effect," the scattering of visible light when it hits very small dispersed particles.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This lesson focuses on how materials behave differently as their surface area increases.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this engineering activity (page 2 of PDF), young learners investigate how a wide base can make a building more stable. Learners use blocks or boxes of different sizes to construct stable towers.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes