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The Missing Link
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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.

Classy Parasites
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In this activity (on pages 2-8), learners experience how scientists use classification in their study of animals.

The Great Plankton Race
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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.

Super Sleuths
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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

Powdery Mildew Fungi: Classification and Ecology
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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

Sink or Swim?
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In this activity, learners identify different plastics in a mystery bag. Learners discover that plastics are classified #1 through #7.

Paper Mache Dinosaurs
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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.

Puzzled Partners
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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.

The Variety and Roles of Microbes
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In this activity, learners use sets of cards to assign microorganisms to different groups.