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This activity explores the main algorithms that are used as the basis for searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this invention challenge activity, learners create an indoor game for one or two people that gets you moving.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math game (Page 15 of the Dining Out! PDF), learners figure discounts and/or profit increases for various food totals. Learners add decimals to $100.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (15th activity on the page) about the sense of touch, learners use glue and cardboard to construct a maze they use with their eyes closed.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This is a game that is sure to sharpen players' basic math skills. Players must use four randomly selected numbers to create an equation that equals a fifth number.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a model for how fishing affects marine life populations, and will construct explanations for one of the reasons why fish populations are declining.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners take on the role of a carbon atom and record which reservoirs in the carbon cycle they visit.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math game (Page 17 of the Are You Game? PDF), learners investigate probability by tossing coins.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity lets learners participate in the process of reconstructing a phylogenetic tree and introduces them to several core bioinformatics concepts, particularly in relation to evolution.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this game (on pages 14-21), learners explore how each human being inherits genetic traits such as eye color.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes