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In this outdoor winter activity, learners search for and create hibernation sites that will protect gelatin "animals" from freezing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This three-part activity shows learners how to build three meteorology tools: a wind vane, a rain gauge, and a barometer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners model atmospheric convection currents using food coloring, water, and clear cups. Activity includes step-by-step instructions, STEM connections, and more.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This fun astronomy activity allows learners to experience finding stars in the night sky that will eventually go supernova. This activity is perfect for a star party outdoors.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity linking human health to the environment, learners use their pulse rates as a measure of the effort expended in walking on different slopes.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build a solar oven from a cardboard pizza box, aluminum foil and plastic. Learners can use their oven to cook S'mores or other food in the sun.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how to stay fit the fun way. Learners participate in three physical activities.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This warm weather activity introduces learners to the impact trees have on blocking the sun's heat and reducing temperature on the Earth's surface.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners explore how animals adapt for survival through coloration, markings and camouflage.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use their feet to estimate distances. Learners calculate the distance of one step in centimeters by measuring 10 steps at a time to reduce measurement error.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the structure of plant leaves. Learners find out what happens when they coat either the top or bottom sides of leaves with petroleum jelly.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity and observation game, learners hunt for a variety of textures, colors, odors and evidence of organisms in the activity site.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this engineering activity, learners examine bicycle mechanics and gear ratios. Learners determine which gears will help them bike a set course in the shortest amount of time.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This guide outlines how to plant a garden even if you don't have a yard!

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into the forces of gravity and air pressure.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners will train to increase bone strength and to improve heart and other muscle endurance by performing jump training with a rope, both while stationary and moving.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners draw and describe a leaf, and then re-find leaves drawn and described by other learners. Learners can observe leaves outside, or leaves may be brought into the classroom.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build an instrument for catching and observing flies. Learners act as entomologists, attract flies into a jar using a slice of apple, and then observe the flies' behavior.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity, learners find the swollen bumps known as "galls" on various plants and get a closeup look at the parasitic animals living inside.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, windy day activity, learners "fly" and race leaves along a line to discover which types of leaves catch the most wind. Which leaves are the best fliers? Why?

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes