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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Cave Swallows Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into bird behaviors.

free Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners investigate the relationship between the slope of a trail and soil erosion.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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 work in teams to study the observation skills essential to scientific research.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this family or group inquiry activity, learners use their senses to explore a local forest or woodland.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor beach activity, learners use a variety of "beaks" (such as trowels, spoons or sticks) to hunt for organisms that shore birds might eat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity, learners find, count and compare as many different kinds of animals as they can find in two different areas: a managed lawn and a weedy area.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this inquiry-based lesson, learners measure the biomass of trees, calculate the carbon stored by the trees, and use this information to create recommendations about using trees for carbon sequestra

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Extreme Sounds) is a full inquiry investigation into sound.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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Millions of organisms can live in and around a body of water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners start their own field journal to better understand the wildlife in their area.

free Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how to stay fit the fun way. Learners participate in three physical activities.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this laboratory experiment, learners explore how effectively different sunscreens protect yeast cells from damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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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 outdoor activity linking human health to the environment, learners use their pulse rates as a measure of the effort expended in walking on different slopes.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will train to increase bone strength and to improve heart and other muscle endurance by performing jump training with a rope, both while stationary and moving.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity (p.6-10 of PDF), learners use different methods for hunting minibeasts (bugs). Learners can either make traps or simply look for minibeasts under stones and logs.

free Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes