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In this activity, learners use multiple thermometers, placed at different angles, and a lamp to investigate why some places on Earth's surface are much hotter than others.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the economics of coal mining as you they use fake money to purchase mining tools, attempt to carefully mine their cookies, sell their chocolate chip ore, and try to

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners discover the principles of edible glass by making a supersaturated sugar solution.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners build their own magnetometer using an empty soda bottle, magnets, laser pointer, and household objects.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (pages 5-7), learners investigate the properties of smart materials, which are materials that respond to things that happen around them.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners identify different classes of matter based on physical properties.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners prepare four polymer elastomers and then compare their physical properties, such as texture, color, volume, density, and bounce height.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - adult 1 to 2 hours