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In this hands-on botany activity, learners sprout vegetables in film canisters.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners determine the necessary conditions for pea seed germination.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this laboratory activity, learners design an experiment to evaluate how environmental factors influence the growth of molds.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into tree growth rates.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor, windy day activity, learners "fly" and race leaves along a line to discover which types of leaves catch the most wind. Which leaves are the best fliers? Why?

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners grow germs collected from their hands and other objects. They cultivate the germs on a growth medium (such as slices of grapefruit or processed cheese) for a week.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this graphing activity (on pages 33-40), learners investigate how much and what kinds of food sea otter pups eat during their first year of life.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this indepth hands-on activity, learners build a structure that allows them to observe the growth of roots and the correlation between root growth and stem extension.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 107: My Shrinking Shoes, learners observe how plants change as they grow.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 1 to 4 weeks