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In this game, learners build up six stacks of cards in the middle of the table, face up, in order from 1 at the bottom to 20 on the top. The first player to get rid of all his cards is the winner.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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Millions of organisms can live in and around a body of water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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Data in computers is stored and transmitted as a series of zeros and ones. Learners explore how to represent numbers using just these two symbols, through a binary system of cards.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity investigates how bark beetles can threaten forests by having learners estimate the number of infected trees from a photo.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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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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Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore and experiment how we can use our bodies everyday to get from one place to another.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity about the properties of water (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Malformed Frogs), learners will use an eyedropper to slowly place one drop of water at a time onto a penny,

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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On the first night, I saw 5 stars in the desert. On the second night, I saw 10… What do you think I saw on the third night? Combine arts and crafts, literacy, and math by making a counting book.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this fun activity for any size group, early elementary learners complete physical challenges while playing a game. Learners add new challenges to the "wheel of fitness" that they want to try.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners sample a star field to estimate the number of stars in the universe.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This assortment of mathematical games can be played while traveling.

free Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this math activity, learners read "The Button Box" by Margarette S. Reid and then make their own button boxes filled with different buttons.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 8 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners sort and count different colored plastic dinosaurs by various attributes including tail length, whether or not the dinosaurs have horns, etc.

free Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Use the Zoo Calendar (page 1 of PDF) to involve learners in interdisciplinary, whole language, and writing activities about ecological concepts.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners explore their surroundings while reasoning about categories and counting.

free Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners explore the concept of population density.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will estimate how many seeds are in a fruit or vegetable, then count to find out. The result: mix estimation with healthy eating.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners compete to be the first to win twenty counting pieces. First, learners draw patterns on only one side of four craft sticks.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 103: Enough With the Seashells!, learners practice estimating numbers of objects (like shells) and then check their estimates by counting.

free Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes