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Dig a hole, line it, fill it with fresh water, and you have a water hole: a good place to study colonization.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 12 months
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In this outdoor activity, learners search for lichen, a combination of a fungus and an alga living together. Lichen grow where most other plants cannot, on rocks, the trunks of trees, logs and sand.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build one or more edible coral polyps and place them together to form a colony.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this culinary activity, learners use multiple senses (sight, smell, touch, and taste!) to explore real seaweed samples.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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After an interest-generating discussion about "dirt" and microbes, learners select and collect soil samples from a variety of locations (schoolyard, home, etc.).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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This activity focuses on interactions within Earth systems and the effects of human activities. In this activity learners build a biomass pyramid.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners model estuaries, artificially enriching both fresh and salt water samples with different amounts of nutrients and observing the growth of algae over several weeks.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners use sets of cards to assign microorganisms to different groups.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes