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Reflections
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In this activity, learners play a game and use pattern blocks to explore mirror images and reflection.
Mission Insignia
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In this science/art activity, learners create an insignia or emblem for a planet exploration mission.

My Insect
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In this activity, learners use information gathered from a variety of sources to design and make their own insect.

Thermal Energy Put to Work
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In this activity, learners determine whether thermal energy can be used for work.

Pocket Solar System: Make a Scale Model
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners build a scale model of the universe with little more than adding machine tape.

Under Pressure
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In this experiment, learners examine how pressure affects water flow. In small groups, learners work with water and a soda bottle, and then relate their findings to pressure in the deep ocean.

Parasite Sleuth
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In this activity (on pages 26-33), learners play parasitologists, solving several "mysteries" about people who got sick from various parasites. In teams of four, each member solves one mystery.

Programming Languages: Marching Orders
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In this activity about computer programming, learners follow instructions in a variety of ways in order to successfully draw figures.
The Drake Equation
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In this math activity, based on the research of famed astronomer Frank Drake, learners calculate the possibilities of finding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe besides Earth.

Manufacturing Technologies: Making a Picture Frame
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Learners examine the manufacturing process while they make picture frames from cereal boxes.

Tangram Challenge
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In this activity about tangrams, learners print and cut out their own tangram shapes and solve puzzles by fitting these geometric pieces together in a variety of ways.

Jumpin' the Gap
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In this simulation of synapses, learners act out communication at the neural level by behaving as pre-synaptic vesicles, neurotransmitters, post-synaptic receptors, secondary messengers and re-uptake

Extreme Lifestyles
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In this matching game, learners study the limits of life on Earth to see what other places in the solar system might sustain microbial life.

Target Recognition and Synapse Formation During Development
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In this activity about neuron/target muscle recognition (page 44 of the PDF), learners arranged in two rows facing away from each other use string to simulate neural development.

Weighty Questions
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In this activity about humans and space travel (page 1 of PDF), learners compare and contrast the behavior of a water-filled plastic bag, both outside and inside of a container of water.

Number Systems and Number Theory: Factor Game
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In this math lesson, learners play a game to identify the properties of prime, composite, abundant, deficient and perfect numbers.

Paper Drop Design Competition
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Using paper, paper clips, an index card, and tape, teams of learners design flying devices to (1) stay in the air as long as possible and (2) land as close as possible to a given target.

Shark Sizes
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In this graphing exercise (page 2 of the pdf), learners compare their own height to the length of various sharks.

Paper Bridges
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In this activity, learners build bridges using paper and explore how much weight each bridge design can support.