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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to organize an interactive model for learning the classification system (taxonomy) of living things.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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, learners investigate whether more people are squares or rectangles. People with similarly sized heights and arm spans are classified as squares.

free Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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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 on page 24, learners perform experiments to examine whether or not trash can float, blow around, or wash away.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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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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Learners classify a variety of objects by their characteristics. They then design an experiment to determine which objects float or sink in water and add this characteristic to their classification.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this interactive activity, learners analyze seashells to explore phylogeny and evolution. Learners identify similar and dissimilar seashells to create a phylogenetic tree.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will first learn the basics of galaxy classification and grouping.

free Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 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, learners play a guessing game to explore classification.

free Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners are divided into teams.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this physical sciences activity, learners explore how forensic investigators collect prints from a crime scene. Learners make hand impressions in damp sand and analyze the patterns they observe.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this math activity, learners collect, organize, and analyze a set of data related to types of animals in the temperate forest.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 8 1 to 7 days
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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