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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this classic hands-on activity, learners estimate the length of a molecule by floating a fatty acid (oleic acid) on water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover how NASA engineers develop experimental aircraft.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this experiment, learners examine how pressure affects water flow. In small groups, learners work with water and a soda bottle, and then relate their findings to pressure in the deep ocean.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners complete simple exercises to investigate the relationship between force, area and pressure and their effects on materials.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the relative growth of lengths, areas, and volumes as cylinders are scaled up.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a water squirter using a PVC pipe, dowel, and foam. This activity is great for the summer time and introduces learners to forces and water pressure.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Gecko Feet Activity) about modeling a nanoscale phenomenon (gravity-defying gecko feet) with macroscale objects (shoes).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this math lesson, learners explore and investigate measurement using standard and non-standard units.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 8 1 to 2 hours
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In this math lesson, learners practice estimation and measurement skills as they move from station to station calculating length, volume, weight, and area.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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This is an activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Surface Area Activity) about surface area to volume ratio.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make cool boxes out of old (or new) greeting cards or postcards.

free Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math activity related to light, learners explore why a light, such as a candle or a streetlight, looks dimmer the farther away from it we get.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (page 23 of PDF), learners conduct an experiment to determine how the size and mass of a projectile affects the area and the volume of an impact crater.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (page 10 of PDF), learners approximate the area of the uppermost cross section of an impact crater using a variety of square grids.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes