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This open-ended art project allows learners to create their own colorful ice sculpture by using rock salt and food coloring on a solid block of ice.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners "draw" with frozen tempera paint. The ice cubes are prepared the day before by placing watered down tempera paint and popsicle sticks in ice cube trays.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will experiment with different materials that can melt and change ice.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this experiment, learners float colored ice cubes in hot and cold water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners experiment with water gel crystals, or sodium polyacrylate crystals, which absorb hundreds of times their weight in water. When in pure water, the water gel crystals cannot be seen.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners observe how salinity and temperature affect the density of water, to better understand the Great Ocean Conveyor.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners review and discuss weathering, erosion and mass wasting, to gain a stronger understanding of how Hickory Run’s Boulder Field was formed after the Laurentide Continental Glac

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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The objective of this inquiry-based lesson is for learners to gain an understanding of how increasing ocean acidity can affect the calcification of marine organisms.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of density-driven currents (thermohaline circulation) and how these currents are affected by climate change.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours