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Pinball Wizard
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In this hands-on engineering project, kids use two simple machines, levers and inclined planes, to construct their own pinball machines.

Basking Basics
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In this activity, learners will explore reptile biology by taking temperature readings in various places and comparing them.

DNA From an Onion
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In this genetics activity, learners extract DNA from an onion, using detergent solution, a food processor, and rubbing alcohol. They will also discuss genetic engineering of plants.

Earth's Energy Cycle: Albedo
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In this activity, learners experiment and observe how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight our planet absorbs.

Gumdrop Dome
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In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

Exercise and Memory
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This activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Exercise and Memory) is a full inquiry investigation into the effects of exercise on short term memory.

Cosmic Debate
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In this activity described on pages 2-3 of the PDF, participants debate whether there there's life elsewhere in the universe.

Evaporation
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This three-part activity consists of an activity that groups of learners develop themselves, a given procedure, and an optional demonstration.

The Poor Cartographer: Graph Coloring
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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.
Magnets are Marvelous
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In this activity, young learners investigate magnets. Learners discover that some magnets are stronger than others and that magnets have north and south poles.

It's All About Birds
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In this activity, learners create their own bird species using arts and crafts materials. The bird call recordings are not online so the introduction activity can't be done, but everything else can.

Cookie Surface Area
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This is an activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Surface Area Activity) about surface area to volume ratio.

Breaking Beams
Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

Exploring Bouncing Balls
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Learners explore the physical properties of a variety of balls and how they bounce.

Pulleys
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In this physics activity, learners experiment with pulleys and find that they can decrease the effort needed when using a pulley to lift or move different loads.

Web of Life Game
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In this game, learners each represent a different organism in an environment. They build a web during the activity, and discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other.

Is Anybody Out There?
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Learners listen to and try to decipher a radio message that was sent from Earth to possible intelligent civilizations.
Buoyancy Bulls-Eye
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In this hands-on activity, learners will construct a scuba diver that can float in order to explore how sea creatures stay neutrally buoyant in the ocean and to see what kinds of forces might be influ

Bird Feeder Challenge
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In this activity, learners are challenged to build a bird feeder using recycled materials from home and are encouraged to problem solve during the extensions.

Stiff Bones, Bendy Bones
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Bones are stiff, which helps us lift heavy things and walk around, but they are also somewhat flexible, which lets them bend slightly.