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Dust Catchers
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In this activity related to indoor air pollution, learners build take-home dust catchers with wax paper and petroleum jelly.
Currently Working: Testing Conductivity
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Visitors test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid and the solids salt and sugar. They clip leads from the hand generator to wires immersed in each substance.
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Crank It Up
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In this engineering activity, learners explore simple machines and then build cardboard automata using cams.
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Fish Features and Habitats
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In this activity, learners observe live fish in tanks to consider how their body structures are related to their behaviors and habitats.
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Single-Cell Life
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In this activity, learners create a soil and water model of a single-cell life environment and study living microorganisms.
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Animals in a Grassland
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In this outdoor, warm weather activity, learners use sweepnets to search a grassy area such as a large lawn or field, collecting small animals to find as many different kinds of animals as possible.
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Clam Hooping
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In this two-part outdoor activity, learners conduct a population census of squirting clams on a beach or mudflat, and investigate the clams' natural history.
Stability of Egg White Foams
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In this chemistry meets cooking activity, learners compare the stability of egg white foams with various additives.
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Ocean Home: Swimming Fishes
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In this activity, learners model, on a human-sized board game, how changes in water temperature may affect fish distributions and, ultimately, fisheries.
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Fruit Juice Mystery
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In this chemistry challenge, learners work to figure out which of four juices are real, and which is just food coloring and sugar.
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Investigating Starch
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In this activity (on pages 10-15), learners investigate starch in human diets and how plants make starch (carbohydrates) to use as their food source.
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Law of Conservation of Mass
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In this chemistry activity, learners explore whether matter is created or destroyed during a chemical reaction. They will compare the weight of various solutions before and after they are mixed.
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Shoebox Dinosaur Dig Site
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In this activity, (on page 6 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs) learners participate in a hands-on fossil excavation.
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Food for the Brain
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In this activity, learners dissect a piece of pizza to learn about nutrients important for health.
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Blimp Jet Challenge
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In this design challenge activity, learners add a jet-propulsion system (i.e. a balloon) to a blimp so it flies straight and far under its own power.
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Weathering and Erosion
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In this multi-station lab, learners conduct a series of experiments to explore the processes and effects of weathering and erosion.
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Cool It
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In this outdoor activity/game, learners use thermometers to simulate how lizards survive in habitats with extreme temperatures.