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In this activity, learners make a miniature greenhouse or "terrarium" to explore the greenhouse effect.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity about daily rhythms (on page 17 of the PDF), learners will explore circadian patterns in humans, animals and plants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners investigate the movement of water into and out of a polymer. Learners test the diffusion of water through gummy bears, which are made of sugar and gelatin (a polymer).

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity (on page 12 of the PDF), learners make a sundial (shadow clock) appropriate for their geographic location in the northern hemisphere and use it to tell time.

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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.

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In this activity, learners carry out a scientific investigation of dust in their classroom. Learners produce an analysis on graph paper of the dust they collect over the course of a few days.

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In this activity (on page 6 of the PDF), learners plot the path of the sun's apparent movement across the sky on two days, with the second day occurring two or three months after the first.

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This lesson focuses on surface area and how the shape of sugar crystals may differ as they are grown from sugars of different coarseness.

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This three-part activity shows learners how to build three meteorology tools: a wind vane, a rain gauge, and a barometer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days