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In this activity (on page 1 of the PDF), learners make a "mini-globe" to investigate the causes of day and night on our planet.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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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 creativity-based activity, learners imagine what the Earth will look like in the near and distant future, then design their own future habitat and creatures that may live there.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this group activity, learners will mark important developments of life on Earth on a timeline (each foot in length representing 200 million years).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners perform 20 arm curls with cans that simulate the weight of beans on Earth versus the weights of the same number of beans on the Moon and in space.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on page 12 of the PDF), learners make a sundial (shadow clock) appropriate for their geographic location in the northern hemisphere and use it to tell time.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity (on page 6 of the PDF), learners plot the path of the sun's apparent movement across the sky on two days, with the second day occurring two or three months after the first.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the value of supernovae in the universe.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners predict whether a ball on Earth or a ball on the Moon bounces higher when dropped and why.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create volcanoes like those they have examined on Earth and Mars through images taken by spacecraft.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create channel features with flowing water, comparing their observations to real images of Mars and Earth taken by satellites/orbiters.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This board game teaches learners about energy decision making. Players select cards that determine the transportation and home design that will influence their expenses as they play.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the concepts of natural selection and observable traits in a game that can be played at home.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, young learners will make their own flower seed nursery in an egg carton.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 1 to 4 weeks