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In this geology activity, learners create a model using a mixture of salt and sand inside a CD case. When the case is tilted or inverted, the mixture dramatically sorts into a layered pattern.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners eat a snack and make a model of the plumbing system of a volcano.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Lava Flow Activity), learners will model how large depressions near the top of a volcano are formed by using an inflating and deflating balloon submerg

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity related to climate change, learners examine albedo and the ice albedo feedback effect as it relates to snow, ice, and the likely results of reduced snow and ice cover on global temper

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a miniature greenhouse or "terrarium" to explore the greenhouse effect.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners model hot spot island formation, orientation and progression with condiments.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 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 (Lesson 1), learners work in groups to create tide simulations.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer their own weather vane. This activity includes step-by-step instructions with pictures and a "What's Happening?" section explaining how the activity worked.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build ramps and test how the laws of physics apply do different objects. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore the water cycle by creating a small atmosphere.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this three-part activity, learners explore how waves are formed and why some waves are bigger than others. First, learners observe waves of water in a pan generated by an electric fan.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use rice grains to model the composition of the atmosphere of the Earth today and in 1880. Learners assemble the model while measuring percentages.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how the shapes, sizes, and distances of land masses appear differently on two different models of Earth: an icosahedron and a flat map.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 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, 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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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.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a 3-D model of magnetic fields by inserting a small, strong magnet into a sphere.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes