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In this activity, learners conduct a simulation exercise related to public key encryption and try to intercept a message sent between two learners.

free Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners map their world by drawing a plan of their bedroom.

free Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build and test a compass. Learners work in pairs and pretend they are stuck in the wilderness at night.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners graph 48 hourly air temperatures from a local weather observation site and observe the diurnal temperature variations.

free Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners work as a group to create a map of their community. They use pasta to represent people, and glue the pasta on their maps to show areas of large population.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how the shapes, sizes, and distances of land masses appear differently on two different models of Earth: an icosahedron and a flat map.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create their own weather forecast map.

free Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners look at labels on items in the room to determine where each item was manufactured, then write about the item on an index card.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a map showing the origins of spices and herbs from a favorite recipe(s). Learners first research the origins of the ingredients and then locate them on a world map.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes