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Edible Model of the Sun
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In this activity, learners make "solar cookies," edible models of the Sun's outer layers using sugar cookies and toppings.
Do Your Own Dig
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.
Weather Stations: Temperature and Pressure
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In this activity, learners discover the relationship between temperature and pressure in the lower atmospheres of Jupiter and Earth.
Water Underground
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Many people get water from a source deep underground, called groundwater.
Build Your Own Solar Oven
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Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.
Black Holes: No Escape
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners experiment with marbles and weights to discover some basics about gravity and black holes.
Exploring the Solar System: Moonquakes
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In this activity, learners sort different natural phenomena into categories (they occur on Earth, on the Moon, or on both), and then model how energy moves during a quake using spring toys.
Match Rock
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In this activity, learners try to figure out who has their matching rock type by reading a description of their rock (no talking!).
Filtration Investigation
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has developed various means to remove impurities from water.
Estuaries
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An estuary is a body of water that is created when freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the saltwater of an ocean.
Mars from Above: Viewing Volcanoes
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In this activity, learners create volcanoes like those they have examined on Earth and Mars through images taken by spacecraft.
Make a Lake
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Where rainwater goes after the rain stops? And why there are rivers and lakes in some parts of the land but not in others?
Seasons and Shadows: Investigate How Shadows Shift Throughout the Year
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In this activity you'll see how the sun's tilt on its axis changes the length of shadows. For example, why is your shadow longer in winter than in summer?
Marine Ecosystems
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In the wild, small crustaceans known as brine shrimp live in marine habitats such as saltwater lakes.
Bury Me Not!
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Bogs) is a full inquiry investigation into decomposition.
Giving Water the Treatment
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In this ecology activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners explore how to filter contaminated water using a variety of materials.
Build Your Own Hydroelectric Generator
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Learners follow directions to construct a water-powered electrical generator using a turbine made from plastic spoons.
Exploring Black Holes and Gravity
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners imagine what would happen if our Sun were replaced with a black hole.