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Investigating and Using Biomass Gases
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In this activity, learners will be introduced to biomass gasification and will generate their own biomass gases.

Home Mycology Lab
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Agriculturalists have long considered mushroom growing a challenge, largely because you need a piece of benchtop equipment known as a laminar flow hood.

Human Impact on Estuaries: A Terrible Spill in Grand Bay
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In this activity, learners make a model of a pollution spill that occurred at Bangs Lake in Mississippi and measure water quality parameters in their model.

Shake Table
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This activity guide includes instructions on how to build a "Shake Table" by mounting an eccentric mass (off center) on the shaft of a small dc motor.

Low-Tech Water Filter for High-Impact Clean
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

Make a Cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex Fossil
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur fossils by making cast models of a T. rex. First, learners read about and research how dinosaur fossils form.

I Spy, Describing Insects
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In this activity, learners observe and describe the physical and behavioral characteristics of insects, including crickets.

Exploring Structures: Butterfly
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In this activity, learners investigate how some butterfly wings get their color.

Runaway Runoff
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When it rains, water can collect on top of and seep into the ground. Water can also run downhill, carrying soil and pollution with it.

Off Base
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In this activity, learners explore the factors that tend to resist changes in pH of the ocean and why the ocean is becoming more acidic.

Biomimicry: Synthetic Gecko Tape Through Nanomolding
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In this activity/demo, learners examine a synthetic gecko tape with micron sized hairs that mimics the behavior of the gecko foot.

Sand, Plants and Pants
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In this activity, learners explore how the application of nano-sized particles or coatings can change a bigger material’s properties.

Out of Control
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In this outdoor activity, learners release a portion of a lawn from human control—no mowing, no watering, no weeding, no pest control—and then investigate the changes that result over several weeks.

Logs to Soil
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In this outdoor activity, learners cut through and investigate rotten logs and then make log-profile puzzles for each other.

Monitoring Amphibians
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In this field study, learners discover how to collect data in the field and how their efforts can help certain animals, specifically, amphibians.
Butterflies in Space
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The Butterflies in Space Teacher's Guide uses "life in space" to encourage learners to conduct their own open-ended scientific investigations.

Trail Construction
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In this highly physical outdoor activity, learners construct and compare experimental trail sections to select the best trail-construction technique for their site.

Coral Spawning Globe
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This activity models the mass coral spawning event that takes place at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary every August.

For the Birds
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In this outdoor activity, learners turn the fun of feeding wild birds into an investigation of bird behavior.

Exploring an Ecosystem
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In this ecology activity, learners make a model water-based ecosystem called a terraqua column. The column (in a large soda bottle) includes pond water, duckweed, sand or gravel, and small snails.