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Drain Game
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In this activity (on pages 36-39), learners make a model of a watershed out of paper, then run water down the mountain to simulate how rainfall and pollution affect watersheds.
My Solar System
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In this online activity, learners build their own system of heavenly bodies and watch the gravitational ballet.
Vanishing Craters
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In this activity (on pages 12-15), learners make a crater model and test the effects of weather (rain) on its surface.
Digging Into the Past
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This activity (on pages 23-27) lets learners simulate the work of scientists who take core samples of Earth's rocky layers to determine geological history.
High Rise
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a tower that can support a tennis ball at least 18 inches off the ground while withstanding the wind from a fan.
Pollen Tracks
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In this activity (on pages 30-36), learners simulate a dig for ancient pollen, to experience how paleobotanists study fossilized pollen in rocks to learn about early geological and climatological even
Walk On Water Bugs
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.
Tracking Otters
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This activity (on pages 38-43) has learners simulate the way scientists track and map the movement of otters in the wild using radio trackers.