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In this activity, learners receive a labeled plastic film canister containing a material representing a pollutant (i.e. pencil shavings = a beaver's wood chips).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners race small boats, made of cork, balsa wood, popsicle sticks etc., to investigate the rate and direction of currents in a stream or creek.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners create a small explosion by collecting hydrogen and oxygen gas together and squeezing them into a flame.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - adult Under 5 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 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 examine the properties of different seaweeds, investigate what happens when powdered seaweed (alginate) is added to water, and learn about food products made with seaweed.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners go "can fishing" and discover the kinds of aquatic organisms that live in and on submerged cans.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes