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In this physics activity, learners conduct two experiments to explore free-falling.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners catch and observe water striders to explore their movement and feeding behaviors.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners model estuaries, artificially enriching both fresh and salt water samples with different amounts of nutrients and observing the growth of algae over several weeks.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners make a model of a pollution spill that occurred at Bangs Lake in Mississippi and measure water quality parameters in their model.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this chemistry challenge, learners identify which plants have the enzyme "catalase" that breaks hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will discover how the thin layers of amphibians' skin allow water and other chemicals to pass through it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity (Page 22 of PDF), learners investigate the evolution of wheat by washing different types of dough with water and comparing the results.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners use a mapping technique to become oriented to the major features of an outdoor site.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this playful activity, learners explore the structure of the cell—the basic unit of every living organism—by creating a model of cell structures using soap bubbles, and by examining a slice of onio

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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"Sublimation Bubbles" allows learners to explore how some solid materials, such as dry ice, can phase change directly from their solid to gaseous form.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how various energy sources can be used to cause a turbine to rotate.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners are introduced to challenges of maintaining temperatures while living in space.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days