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Learners use several types of insect sampling and collection equipment to make an insect collection. Learners can collect insects from their schoolyard or yard at home.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners use a variety of beans to represent a variety of species, and scatter these beans over a large piece of paper representing the environment.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This laboratory activity helps learners understand the concept of biological succession by simulating the process in a microenvironment with various protozoans.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 12 months
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In this activity, learners create a map of a hidden surface using a "sounding stick" -- a technique similar to how underwater maps were once made.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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After an interest-generating discussion about "dirt" and microbes, learners select and collect soil samples from a variety of locations (schoolyard, home, etc.).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this field study, learners discover how to collect data in the field and how their efforts can help certain animals, specifically, amphibians.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours