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In this activity, learners collect, analyze, and interpret information about objects in order to classify them into a cladogram. Use this activity to talk about how scientists classify things.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (on pages 2-8), learners experience how scientists use classification in their study of animals.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this physical sciences activity, learners use science to solve a "crime." Learners collect trace evidence (glitter) and explore its characteristics, such as color, size, shape, and light reflection

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this laboratory exercise, learners will discover how many different plant hosts they can find that are infected by the same genus of a powdery mildew fungus, or how many different genera of powdery

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners identify different plastics in a mystery bag. Learners discover that plastics are classified #1 through #7.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (located on page 6 of PDF), learners observe and reproduce the distinctive physical features (i.e. plates, sharp spikes, long necks, deep jaws, claws) of their favorite dinosaurs.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this web-based activity, learners try to figure out who in an online chat room has their matching puzzle piece.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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