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In this activity, learners conduct a simulation exercise related to public key encryption and try to intercept a message sent between two learners.

In this activity, learners discover how to determine the distance to a lightning strike or nearby thunderstorm.

As learners play this strategy game, they develop understanding of squares, area, and perimeter. On each turn, a player draws a line between two dots next to each other on the grid.

In this activity, young learners will explore shapes, textures, and geometries using household materials.

In this activity, learners use number sense and mental math strategies to estimate the price of a sign.

In this activity, learners will rate the day, a book, or something else on a scale from -2 to 2. This activity works well for groups of all ages.

In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

In this activity, learners discover how the extent of various wind speeds changes in each of the four quadrants around a hurricane.

This activity introduces the idea that computer scientists measure information by how "surprising" a message is.

In this fun math activity (page 5 of the pdf), learners will help a secret agent crack a case by solving math problems.

In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

As learners play this game, they build skills in area, perimeter, multiples and factors. They take turns making rectangles with 12 squares on the grid.

In this quick activity about size and scale (on page 2 of the PDF under What's Nano?

In this online activity, learners will brush up on their multiplication, division, and factoring skills with this exciting game.

In this activity, learners will plan a snack within a budget. With a $20 limit (theoretical) to spend on snack for everyone, learners look over grocery store circulars and make their shopping lists.

In this activity, learners will be able to measure themselves in nanometers. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, a unit of measurement used in nanotechnology.

This is a web activity about simple machines. Learners will explore a lawn mower and identify six different simple machines which work together to help make our lives easier.

In this activity, learners make cool boxes out of old (or new) greeting cards or postcards.

In this activity, learners will investigate how shorebirds and seabirds are extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, whether human-induced or otherwise.

In this online interactive, learners use fossils to infer temperatures 55 million years ago, at the sites where the fossils were found.