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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 help a poor cartographer color in the countries on a map, making sure each country is colored a different color than any of its neighbors.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners use their opponent's clues and a compass rose to find the hidden treasure on a map. Learners use problem solving and coordinate grid skills as they hunt for treasure.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 5 to 10 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 weather forecasting activity, learners determine the location of cold and warm fronts on weather plot maps.

free Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a fictitious map of "Tourist Town" and counters to problem solve how to place ice-cream vans on street intersections so that every other intersection is connected to one

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes