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In this activity related to indoor air pollution, learners build take-home dust catchers with wax paper and petroleum jelly.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this multi-part activity learners examine non-point water pollution.

free Ages 6 - adult
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In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 60, learners examine and simulate wildlife entanglement by experiencing what it might be like to be a marine animal trapped in debris.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (located at the top of the page), learners make an easy river strainer and see what they can catch.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 24, learners perform experiments to examine whether or not trash can float, blow around, or wash away.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity on page 27, learners perform an experiment to learn about how different types of marine debris degrade and how weather and sunlight affect the rate of degradation.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 12 months
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In this simulation, learners explore how ocean currents spread all kinds of pollution—including oil spills, sewage, pesticides and factory waste—far beyond where the pollution originates.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build one or more edible coral polyps and place them together to form a colony.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a model for how fishing affects marine life populations, and will construct explanations for one of the reasons why fish populations are declining.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this game, learners match descriptions of marine debris (shoes, batteries, paper towels, etc.) to images of these items.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how environmental engineers might approach solving the problem of an oil spill.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners receive a labeled plastic film canister containing a material representing a pollutant (i.e. pencil shavings = a beaver's wood chips).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Alligator Habitat Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into organisms and the health of their ecosystems.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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This activity (located on page 8 of the PDF) introduces learners to the concept of Non-point Source Pollution--what happens when rain washes garbage and other pollutants into rivers and lakes.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity with several mini experiments, learners explore the chemistry that helps scientists learn about the environment and how they can help save it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Where rainwater goes after the rain stops? And why there are rivers and lakes in some parts of the land but not in others?

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes