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In this activity, learners explore how the power of the sun can be harnessed to heat and cool a building.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how wind energy can be generated on both a large and small scale.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners perform an experiment that replicates the dilemma faced by birds in acquiring food from a confined area.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, freshwater activity, learners explore the behavior and food preferences of crawdads (or crabs) by "fishing" for them with various baits.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners investigate organisms that live along the ocean's rocky coast.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 12 months
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In this activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Garbology Activity), learners will prepare sheets of homemade recycled paper from several different source pulps.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners explore the function and engineering of dams and how dams have many uses and solve many problems in the world.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 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 will discover what it takes to be a frog. By dressing up like one, learners can visualize how each part of the frog plays an important role in surviving its habitat.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this experiment using sprigs of Elodea, learners will observe a natural process that removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from Earth's atmosphere.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (p.23 of PDF), learners dye wool with fungi. Learners discover that natural chemicals in fungi can dye wool different colors.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore sensors and focus specifically on how to measure humidity using a sensor.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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 tree growth rates.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use coverslips to collect organisms from a pond, estuary or marine environment and then examine what they have caught with a microscope.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 106: My Mushy Banana, learners explore the effects of decay by comparing and contrasting something (an old pumpkin) that's decayed with the same thi

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers design devices that can detect the presence of pollutants in the air.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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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 activity, learners compare and contrast different forms of luminescence by observing how chemiluminescence, phosphorescence, and fluorescence produce or emit light.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how watermills have helped harness energy from water through the ages.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours