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In this activity, learners discover how frogs' bodies change while growing from a tadpole to a frog. Learners create a simple craft that gives a visual display of the metamorphosis process.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover how bats use echolocation to get information about objects in their environment. During the activity, one learner whispers into a tube.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity which will allow learners to gain an understanding of lemur behavior through observation and role play.

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This resource contains ideas and brief instructions on how to build animals out of construction paper and other simple materials.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (25th on the page) about learning and memory, learners explore a training method that animal trainers employ called "shaping." Working in pairs, learners will attempt to "shape" each

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 2 of the PDF, learners discover how color changes can help scientists distinguish between acids and bases.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this fun activity about spiders, learners build and design a spider from cardstock, straw, string, and pipe cleaners.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (6th on the page), learners investigate how photoreceptors in the eye (rods and cones) "adapt" to low light conditions.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners practice counting and multiplication as they figure out how many animal body parts they have to examine as "Dr. Vet."

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use measurement concepts to make models of what their body parts might look like if they were a snake or a chameleon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (p.7-8 of PDF), learners examine fossil formation.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this experiment, learners work in pairs to create two gloves -- one that contains a layer of shortening (blubber) inside, and one that doesn't.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 60, learners examine and simulate wildlife entanglement by experiencing what it might be like to be a marine animal trapped in debris.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will discover what it takes to be a frog. By dressing up like one, learners can visualize how each part of the frog plays an important role in surviving its habitat.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity investigates how bark beetles can threaten forests by having learners estimate the number of infected trees from a photo.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity is on page 8 of the pdf, part of the Sea Life Discovery Box. This is an activity exploring the characteristics of fish.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes