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In this activity, learners use models of fossilized dinosaur teeth to understand how dinosaur teeth were used.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity about the adaptations that allow the Aye-aye to survive in its habitat. Learners will explore how the Aye-aye collects food and how this is influenced by their specialized finger.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of permeability to better understand why amphibians are extremely sensitive to pollution.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Biodiversity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners look at and touch marine animal skulls to compare them and think about what they eat.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this hands-on activity, learners will become familiar with the special adaptations of rainforest plants and discover the conditions needed for tropical trees to survive along with what can impinge

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this culinary activity, learners use multiple senses (sight, smell, touch, and taste!) to explore real seaweed samples.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct models of plants that are adapted to living under specific environmental conditions.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Alligator Habitat Activity), learners will study the adaptations different fish species have developed to survive in their habitats.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners design devices that will catch prey or gather plants.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners interact with whale artifacts such as replicas of skulls, bones, teeth, and baleen (hair-like plates that form a feeding filter).

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor, sensory activity, learners role play as animals trying to identify their "family's" scent and locate their "territory." Learners mark their territories and sniff out other territories

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this multi-step experiment (page 4 of pdf), learners study tide pools, and then drop a "wave" (a 4-pound bag of beans or birdseed) on a shell to mimic the force of crashing surf on tide pool animal

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, nighttime activity, learners gather around a brightly lit, white surface and study the behavior of nocturnal animals attracted to the light, particularly night fliers.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes