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Caution! Wildlife Crossing
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In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.

Skin, Scales and Skulls
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In this activity, learners examine body parts (including skin, scales, and skulls) from fish, mammals and reptiles. Questions are provided to help encourage learner investigations.

Food Grab
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In this outdoor activity, learners design devices that will catch prey or gather plants.

Variation Game
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In this set of outdoor games, learners play the role of monkeys that are trying to get enough resources (food, shelter, and space) to survive.
What Does Life Need to Live?
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).

Monster Evolution
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In this online activity, learners create monsters and see how they survived when released into the wild.

Make Your Own Sea Otter
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In this activity about sea otters, learners make their own "otter whiskers" and use them to find objects underwater.

Slowing the Flow
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In this experiment, pairs of learners explore how cold water affects circulation. The mammalian diving reflex (MDR) slows circulation when the body is exposed to cold water.

Whatta Web
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In this activity, learners play a game to simulate the food chain.

Cool It
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In this outdoor activity/game, learners use thermometers to simulate how lizards survive in habitats with extreme temperatures.

Endangered!
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While playing a game, learners discover how the Endangered Species Act works in the United States. Learners move along a game board by answering questions correctly.
Fish Family Identification
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In this game, students will become familiar with fish shapes, learn that fish within a given taxonomic family have similar body shapes, and discuss how different body shapes enable fish to survive in
Tree Poker
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In this activity (p.14-15 of PDF), learners discover the concepts of competition and limiting factors as they relate to plant and animal communities.

Scram or Freeze
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In this outdoor activity and animal-role-play game, learners discover and uncover the hidden world of "cryptozoa"—organisms such as spiders, salamanders and slugs that live under objects, like rocks a

Sand Dunes
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This outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Sand Dunes) is a full inquiry investigation into how the amount of moisture in a sand dune relates to the number of plants growing

Quick Frozen Critters
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In this activity, learners play an active version of freeze tag based on predator/prey relationships.

The Wander of Pollen
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In this activity/demonstration, learners explore pollen and how insects and animals transport pollen. Learners investigate and compare wind and animal pollination.

Zoo Calendar
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Use the Zoo Calendar (page 1 of PDF) to involve learners in interdisciplinary, whole language, and writing activities about ecological concepts.

Fuzzy Worms
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In this activity, learners explore the concepts of natural selection and observable traits in a game that can be played at home.

Wolf Survival
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In this activity, some learners pretend to be wolves, while the other learners pretend to be the prey of the wolf. The goal of the simulation is to have the wolves work together to survive.