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In this activity, learners will explore the ways natural materials can produce sounds. Appropriate for any age, learners can make individual music or create a symphony with others.

free Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate the Moon's infancy and model how an ocean of molten rock (magma) helped shape the Moon that we see today.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (located on pages 9-14 of PDF), learners visit a cemetery to examine the distinguishing characteristics of rock weathering.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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This display shows slow chemical reactions in colorful crystal formations known as Liesegang Rings. These reactions are similar to those forming the rings in agates.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 14 - adult 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners grow sugar crystals (rock candy). They make a hot solution that has an excess of sugar dissolved in it, then as the solution cools, they see sugar crystals form.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners review and discuss weathering, erosion and mass wasting, to gain a stronger understanding of how Hickory Run’s Boulder Field was formed after the Laurentide Continental Glac

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Make impact craters with marbles (or rocks or washers) in a container of flour. Find out what you can learn about your "comets" by the craters they make.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this creative roleplay activity, learners will explore the various processes of the carbon cycle using movement and props to aid in comprehension.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use crayons to draw conclusions about rocks and the rock cycle.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes