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In this activity, learners make "solar cookies," edible models of the Sun's outer layers using sugar cookies and toppings.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners create their own constellations and star patterns and write a short, descriptive story explaining the significance of their star pattern/constellation.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (on pages 13-16 of the PDF) learners investigate three mystery samples to see which one contains life. The three samples are sand, sand and yeast, and sand and antacid.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 22-24 of the PDF), learners match extreme enviroments with life forms they support.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This demonstration activity models how Venus appears from Earth.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners craft their own model of a comet on a stick to make it fly around the room.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate parallax, a method used to measure distances to stars and planets in the solar system.

free Ages 6 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners make flipbooks of drawings showing the progression of a Total Solar Eclipse.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity demonstrates the shadow of the Earth as it rises as a dark blue shadow above the eastern horizon.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity (on pages 10-12 of the PDF) encourages learners to consider what makes living things different from non-living things.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Use this Moon Map Guide to help learners identify features on the Moon, while looking through a telescope.

free Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 19-21 of the PDF) learners observe mold growing on potatoes. Preparation for this activity has to start a week before, to allow time for the mold to grow on the potatoes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a simple air pressure launcher for paper rockets.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity about the solar system, learners use various light sources to examine ice with different components to understand how NASA studies planets and moons from space.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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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 activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Using information from the My Place in Space lithograph, learners write and/or draw a postcard to friends and family as if they had gone beyond the interstellar boundary of our Solar System, into the

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this sunny day, outdoor activity, learners observe changes in shadows over time. The activity also helps to develop a sense of the Earth's motion.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 45 to 60 minutes