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In this environmental science lesson, learners will examine the dangers of mercury and how humans contribute to growing mercury emissions on Earth.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor biology and math activity, learners estimate the size of a population of organisms too numerous to count.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use whale count data from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary to compare whale counts in relation to environmental factors.

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners transform a strain of E. coli using green fluorescent protein from a bioluminescent jellies.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners practice counting and multiplication as they figure out how many animal body parts they have to examine as "Dr. Vet."

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this data analysis activity, learners quantify the abundance and distribution of sea scallops in and adjacent to the Mid-Atlantic closed areas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners use measurement concepts to make models of what their body parts might look like if they were a snake or a chameleon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the sense of hearing and plan and conduct their own experiments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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This activity investigates how bark beetles can threaten forests by having learners estimate the number of infected trees from a photo.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will investigate how shorebirds and seabirds are extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, whether human-induced or otherwise.

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore fractions as they help gators share pies.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simulation activity, learners will raise a pack of wolves under ten different conditions: without human interference and with human interference.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this data analysis activity, learners use data collected by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to study Chilean sea bass populations.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this classic memory game (on pages 37-45 of PDF), learners turn over tiles to reveal images on the back.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity of a given habitat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a plastic emergence chamber (or use purchased "mini mosquito breeder") to observe and analyze the mosquito life cycle.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this Cyberchase activity, learners use the numbers one through six to solve a puzzle.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this data collection and analysis activity, learners evaluate fish physiology and ecology using vision research data from Dr.

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, young learners use different-sized paper 'caterpillars' and various household items to predict and measure their height.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes