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In this activity, learners complete a series of drawing activities to explore scale and powers of 10. Learners first trace each other on 1-meter-square pieces of paper.

This is an activity that models the operation of a seismograph, a tool used to measure the size of earthquakes.

This activity explores the main algorithms that are used as the basis for searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.

To learn how friction affects motion, learners build a measurement tool from a rubber band and other simple materials.

Learners build a simple hovercraft using air from a balloon to levitate a craft made from a compact disc (CD).

In this activity, learners experiment and observe how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight our planet absorbs.

In this activity described on pages 2-3 of the PDF, participants debate whether there there's life elsewhere in the universe.

Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

In this activity, learners help a poor cartographer color in the countries on a map, making sure each country is colored a different color than any of its neighbors.

Learners construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string.

Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

In this activity, learners follow simple directions to explore and create platonic solids.

Learners turn over a random selection of cards from a larger set. From the words revealed, they try to determine the sentence represented on the larger set of cards.

In this tabletop board game, players will represent a team of scientists and engineers sending a spacecraft on a mission to space.

In this activity, learners analyze a fictionalized report of life on Mars, based on a real NASA satellite photo, and explore how to separate scientific fact from fiction.

During this lesson, learners will determine their blood pressure and learn about systolic and diastolic pressures.

Learners listen to and try to decipher a radio message that was sent from Earth to possible intelligent civilizations.

Directed by instructional cards, learners kinesthetically model cell communication by acting as components in a cell signaling pathway.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

This activity shows learners how computers use numbers to represent pictures. A grid is used to represent the pixels (short for picture elements) of a computer screen.