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Engineering Parachutes
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In this activity, learners will become an engineer by designing and engineering a miniature parachute.

Gumdrop Dome
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In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

The Pull of the Planets
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In this activity, learners model the gravitational fields of planets on a flexible surface.

Space Stations: Sponge Spool Spine
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In this activity, learners simulate what happens to a human spine in space by making Sponge Spool Spines (alternating sponge pieces and spools threaded on a pipe cleaner).

Fossils: Observing, Making and Learning
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In this activity, learners explore how casts of fossilized bones are created and used to learn about dinosaurs. Learners make observations, draw diagrams and share their findings.

Lung Capacity
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This is an activity about lung capacity. Learners will measure their own lung capacity using a homemade spirometer.

Erosion and Floods
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In this activity, learners create models of erosion and floods and learn to recognize both in their environment.

Catapult
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In this activity, learners construct their own small catapults using simple materials. Learners follow visual instructions to build their launching device.

Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover
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In this activity, learners build a nanorover model using styrofoam meat trays and a balloon.

Strengthen a Paper Bridge
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In this quick activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Tug O' War), learners will test how many pennies a flat paper index card bridging the gap between two stacks of books is able to supp
Soaring Towers: Building with Recycled Materials
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In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

Morning Star and Evening Star
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This demonstration activity models how Venus appears from Earth.

Jiggly Jupiter
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In this activity, learners build edible models of Jupiter and Earth to compare their sizes and illustrate the planets' internal layers.

Toilet Model
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In this activity, PVC pipe, plastic water bottles and vinyl tubing are used to make a simple working toilet model. The model shows the role of a siphon in the flushing of a toilet.

3...2...1 Puff!
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In this activity, learners build small indoor paper rockets, determine their flight stability, and launch them by blowing air through a drinking straw.

Build a Raft
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In this activity, learners explore density and buoyancy as they design and construct rafts.

Mars from Above: Carving Channels
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In this activity, learners create channel features with flowing water, comparing their observations to real images of Mars and Earth taken by satellites/orbiters.

Wind Turbine Blade Design
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In this activity, learners design, build and test wind turbines. Learners go through the design process and use the scientific method to test important blade variables.

Moonlight Serenade
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In this activity, learners act as the Earth and observe how different angles between the Sun, Earth, and Moon affect the phases of the moon we see each month.

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