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Memory Match
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In this classic memory game (on pages 37-45 of PDF), learners turn over tiles to reveal images on the back.
Pollution Diffusion
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Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.
Tricky Tangrams
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In this activity (on pages 49-54 of PDF), learners play with tangrams, a set of triangles, squares and a parallelogram that can combine into a larger square as well as all sorts of other shapes.
Plant Piping
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Learners build models to learn about the special cells and structures that plants use to move water from their roots up through the stems and leaves.
Big Things Come in Little Packages
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As a group, learners investigate three packages which are all the same size and shape, but have different contents. One is filled with foam, one is filled with wood, and one is filled with metal.
Acting Out
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This activity (on pages 21-32 of PDF) has learners act out several classic brain teasers.
Quipus
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Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).
Slide Rules
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.
Secret Writing Devices
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In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.
Heavy or Light
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In this activity, learners explore a scale by comparing objects, which look similar but have different weights. Learners predict and then measure the weights of various objects using a scale.
Fun with Shapes
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In this activity, early learners combine pre-cut recognizable shapes and their own abstract ideas to make representational pictures (e.g. houses, trees, shoes).
Dinosaur Count and Sort
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In this activity, learners sort and count different colored plastic dinosaurs by various attributes including tail length, whether or not the dinosaurs have horns, etc.
Mystery of the Disappearing Cottonwoods
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Learners will explore the scientific mystery behind a disappearing group of trees by examining data and attempting to explain the decline.