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

Learners can program a compass to draw a circle by itself using a Pico Cricket, some Legos, and lots of tape! Pico Cricket is required.

In this online activity, learners will brush up on their multiplication, division, and factoring skills with this exciting game.

In this activity, learners build a scale model of the solar system using a roll of toilet paper.

In this online activity, learners will explore size estimation in one, two and three dimensions. Multiple levels of difficulty allow for progressive skill improvement.

In this activity, learners will explore how maps can provide information about a place and help us find our way from one location to another.

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

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.

This game introduces learners to the scale of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and prevent climate change.

This activity about cryptographic techniques illustrates a situation where information is shared, and yet none of it is revealed.

Los Momentos de Mixing in Math son actividades de 5 a 10 minutos que mantienen a los chicos ocupados, aprendiendo sobre el mundo, y usando matemáticas por su cuenta.

In this activity, learners use tsunami time travel maps to predict how long it will take a tsunami to reach the shore.

In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.

Exponga estos pósteres en el salón o déjelos donde los chicos los puedan explorar. Los chicos buscan las respuestas en libros de consulta, explorando el salón, y usando su creatividad.

Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

This is a game that is sure to sharpen players' basic math skills. Players must use four randomly selected numbers to create an equation that equals a fifth number.

Exponga estos pósteres en el salón o déjelos donde los chicos los puedan explorar. Los chicos buscan las respuestas en línea, en libros de consulta, y en calendarios y almanaques.

In this seismic simulation, learners play a "who-dunnit" game to explore earthquakes.

In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners transform a strain of E. coli using green fluorescent protein from a bioluminescent jellies.