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In this activity, learners explore the economics of coal mining as you they use fake money to purchase mining tools, attempt to carefully mine their cookies, sell their chocolate chip ore, and try to

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a robot-like hand to demonstrate how data is collected when using robotic technology.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore surgical instrument design. Teams of learners construct surgical instruments from everyday materials.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (located on page 8 of the PDF) introduces learners to the concept of Non-point Source Pollution--what happens when rain washes garbage and other pollutants into rivers and lakes.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity about electricity, learners imagine that they are out in the wilderness and it is getting dark. Their task is to use the materials supplied to build a simple flashlight.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this (edible) activity, learners balance chemical equations using different kinds and colors of candy that represent different atoms. Learners will work in pairs and explore conservation of atoms.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners use pegs (like tent pegs) and string or elastic to simulate drill sites and roads in Northern Canada.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math lesson, learners apply the concepts of ratio and proportion to the capture-recapture statistical procedure.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make critters out of recyclables and apply the rules of mathematics to solve genetics problems.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes