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In this activity, learners use chemistry to “self-assemble” gummy shapes. Learners discover that self-assembly is a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this math activity, learners use gingerbread cookies to collect and organize simple data. First, learners read "The Gingerbread Boy" by Paul Galdone.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 6 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a solar oven. Learners witness the awesome power of the sun to make a yummy treat--a chocolate chip cookie!

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners test the rate of ripening fruit and vegetables and use a chemical to inhibit the ripening process.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this cooperative learning activity, learners visit ten stations and are challenged to think critically about various conservation questions and issues.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This math challenge, played with two players or a whole group, engages your problem solving skills.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore trebuchet design. Teams of learners construct trebuchets from everyday materials.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners build one or more edible coral polyps and place them together to form a colony.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math lesson, learners identify and compare unit costs of given items. Learners use computation skills, problem solving and number sense to find the cost of an ounce of cereal.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 14 of PDF), learners use a pan full of flour and some rocks to create a moonscape.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Self-Assembly Activity) about self-assembly, the ability of molecules to assemble themselves according to certain rules.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This guided inquiry three-part activity engages learners in thinking about the mechanism of natural selection by encouraging them to formulate questions that can be answered through scientific investi

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners make self-assembled polymer spheres.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 8 of the PDF (Behind the Scenes with Chemistry), learners make three of Harry Potter's essential school supplies: quills, ink, and color-changing paper.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners investigate the history and development of agricultural biotechnology.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes