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In this optics activity, learners discover basic lens-making techniques by using a tennis ball to make a lens out of ice.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners make an equatorial sundial, which is simple to construct and teaches fundamental astronomical concepts. Learners use the provided template and a straw to build the sundial.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners demonstrate the effects of cold-working (strain-hardening) and annealing. Learners discover that these processes change the load that a wire can support.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners apply Ohm’s Law to construct voltage divider circuits. Learners discover how to read resistor codes and calculate resistor values.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers use scales and measures when designing a manufacturing process to ensure that final products are uniform in weight or count.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how boats are engineered to achieve speed.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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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
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In this activity, learners use chemistry to produce weathered "antiqued" paper with burned edges. Learners first soak white paper in coffee and then apply a charring solution of ammonium chloride.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours