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This is a simple activity fully driven by imagination. Using materials from the home, toys, or items from nature, learners create their own world to play with.

free Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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How does a green roof, or roof covered by plants, affect the temperature of the inside and outside of a building? Learners design and build houses to find out the answer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make a 3-D model of DNA using paper and toothpicks. While constructing this model, learners will explore the composition and structure of DNA.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Teams of learners use a series of stick figures made from pipe cleaners to model a dance routine. Then, they use this model to communicate to another learner who performs the dance routine.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this engineering/design/arts and crafts activity, learners design and build "platforms" or "bridges" that can hold weight, and test which glue makes the strongest structure.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a model using metric measuring tapes and atmosphere composition data.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners will construct a model of a heart valve using a film canister, a piece of masking tape, and a piece of paper.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners build a model of the planets in the solar system. In their model, the planets are spaced in their relative distance from the Sun.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 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 quick activity about pollutants and groundwater (page 2 of PDF under Water Clean-up Activity), learners build a model well with a toilet paper tube.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes