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In this activity, learners discover how frogs' bodies change while growing from a tadpole to a frog. Learners create a simple craft that gives a visual display of the metamorphosis process.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (p.7-8 of PDF), learners examine fossil formation.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design-based activity, learners explore environments, ecosystems, energy flow and organism interactions by creating a model biodome. Learners become engineers who create model ecosystems.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners use information gathered from a variety of sources to design and make their own insect.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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The Ancient Egyptians used a naturally-occurring salt from the banks of the Nile River, called natron, to mummify their dead.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity provides a hands-on experience with a scale model, a relatively high viscosity fluid, and feeding behaviors.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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 activity, learners make a model of the hot water of a deep sea vent in the cold water of the ocean to learn about one of the ocean's most amazing and bizarre underwater habitats.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (page 89 of the PDF), learners compare and contrast pitch and roll motions by using a Magic Carpet maze similar to one that was used for Neurolab investigations about microgravity.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a bird feeder or feeders to attract birds for observation.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Build a fruit fly trap out of a 2-liter plastic bottle and some rotten fruit! Fruit flies are easy to catch in warm weather. Once you catch some, you will be able to see their life cycle up-close.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this quick activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: California Fish), learners will build a simple Cartesian Diver in an empty 2-liter bottle.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Cactus Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into how some desert birds keep their cool.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this two-part activity about the connection between the lupine plant and butterflies, learners first read "Miss Rumphius," a storybook about lupine by Barbara Cooney.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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Educator Amy O'Donnell from the American Museum of Natural History guides learners to create a diorama of a coral reef.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners create models of bugs. Learners use household materials like plastic cups and straws to create models of bugs like centipedes and spiders.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of PDF under GPS: Sea Turtles Activity), learners will model how a sea turtle population changes over time, from eggs to adults, using puffed rice.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes