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This activity lets you program your 'robot' (a willing friend) to pick up and dispose of some 'toxic waste' using as few commands as possible.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge, learners will practice empathy and design thinking skills by creating an invention of the future.

free Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners of all ages will experiment with paint and printmaking.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (page 1 of PDF under SciGirls Activity: Pet Handedness), learners will construct a simple spinning top out of a circle of construction paper, a film canister lid, and a bamboo skewer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Tug O' War), learners will test how many pennies a flat paper index card bridging the gap between two stacks of books is able to supp

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners add objects and substances to carbonated water to discover that added objects increase the rate at which dissolved gas comes out of solution.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners explore the endless possibilities of cardboard engineering in this open-ended STEAM activity. Practice being creative by building structures with no glue, only cardboard and scissors.

free Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners explore the concept of biomimicry by using a natural organism's special features to design a new human object.

free Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a home-made journal with simple, everyday materials.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore engineering concepts to construct a blanket fort using materials sourced from home.

free Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, early learners combine pre-cut recognizable shapes and their own abstract ideas to make representational pictures (e.g. houses, trees, shoes).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners consider how a simple machine, a lever, turns a small push or pull (a small force) into a larger--or stronger--push or pull (a larger force).

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will see how UV light affects colors over time by making their own sunprint on construction paper.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build a stomp-powered launcher to blast off paper rockets they design. Materials can be found at a local hardware store or you may already have them at home.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer a roof using simple materials to protect a construction paper person from a rainstorm.

free Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners design and build their own parachute using household materials with the goal of landing their passenger safely on a target.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore different ways to stack cups to meet a personal goal.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is a tape and glue activity in which learners make binoculars that they can decorate and then use to go bird watching.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes