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Geometry and Spatial Relations: It's a Perfect Fit
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  In this three-part math activity, learners explore shapes. In part one, learners identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes.
   
New Boxes from Old
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  Learners determine the surface area and volume of two identical boxes, and then figure out the dimensions of a cubical box with the same volume.
   
Evolutionstechnik or Selection and Variation in the Egyptian Origami Bird (Avis papyrus)
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  In order to examine the random nature of mutations and natural selection, learners "breed" clutches of Egyptian Origami Birds (Avis papyrus) using random number generators (dice and coins) to mutate s
   
Breaking the Code: Mayan Math
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  This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.
  Effects of Solar Radiation on Land and Sea
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  In this activity, learners explore the different heating properties of soil and water.
   
Stabilization Wedges Game
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  This game introduces learners to the scale of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and prevent climate change.
   
Monitoring Amphibians
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  In this field study, learners discover how to collect data in the field and how their efforts can help certain animals, specifically, amphibians.
  MarsBound!: Mission to the Red Planet
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  MarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.
   
Sail Car Design
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  This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Sailboat Design Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into design optimization.
   
Sand Dunes
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  This outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Sand Dunes) is a full inquiry investigation into how the amount of moisture in a sand dune relates to the number of plants growing 
   
Edible Glass
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  In this activity, learners discover the principles of edible glass by making a supersaturated sugar solution.
   
Canned Heat
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  In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.
   
Robot Basketball
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  In this activity, learners explore accuracy and precision.
   
Science of Sunblock
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  This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about nanotechnology making its way into everyday products, such as sunscreen, and how effective these invisible particl
   
Using Ohm's Law to Build a Voltage Divider
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  In this activity, learners apply Ohm’s Law to construct voltage divider circuits. Learners discover how to read resistor codes and calculate resistor values.
   
A Question of Balance
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  In this activity, learners explore how engineers use scales and measures when designing a manufacturing process to ensure that final products are uniform in weight or count.
   
Garden Poles
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  In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.
   
What Do Birds Do?
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  This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) is a full inquiry investigation into bird behaviors.
   
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
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  In this activity, learners practice the steps involved in a scientific investigation while learning why ice formations on land (not those on water) will cause a rise in sea level upon melting.
   
Colorblind Dogs
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  This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Colorblind Dogs) is a full inquiry investigation into dogs' ability (or inability) to see color.
  