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In this outdoor activity, learners review the parts of the synapse and their functions by playing a game.

In this activity, learners will investigate the part of soil. Explore how clay, silt, and sand make up the dirt in your background. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.

In this activity, learners will explore the ways natural materials can produce sounds. Appropriate for any age, learners can make individual music or create a symphony with others.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners make 3-dimensional models of the Earth and Moon.

You may have tried to throw a curveball or a slider, or even a screwball, with an ordinary baseball and found it difficult to do.

In this math activity, learners observe and sketch cracking patterns in pavement.

In this activity, learners construct a home-made journal with simple, everyday materials.

An ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens.

In this activity, learners use found natural materials to create a water haven for bees and other insects.

In this outdoor activity, learners play a game of Tag to discover how neurons attach themselves to each other to form a chain.

Lakes, streams and other freshwater bodies are a habitat for lots of living things, big and small.

In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.

In this activity, learners use a simple 3D model to discover why the Moon has phases.

In this activity, learners model a population of deer and see how the number of deer changes over time.

In this activity, learners use binoculars (or a telescope) to identify and track sunspots. If using binoculars, learners need a pair that can be secured on a tripod.

In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.

In this outdoor activity, learners explore UV rays from the Sun and ways to protect against these potentially harmful rays.

In this activity, learners make their own pinhole viewer in order to measure the size of the sun.

In this math activity related to light, learners assemble a photometer and use it to estimate the power output of the Sun.

How do scientists measure how clear or murky water in a lake is? How does water clarity (clearness) affect what lives in the lake?