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In this activity, learners build inexpensive pulley assemblies from pulley wheels used for sliding screen door replacement or from clothesline spreaders.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in groups to determine the mass and volume of four samples: glass marbles, steel washers or nuts, pieces of pine wood, and pieces of PVC pipe.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time. In this outdoor activity, learners will discover how to tell time using only a compass, a pencil, a handy printout, and a sunny day.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Align four color transparencies, each one a single color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and see a beautiful full color image.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, "write" a secret message in genetic code as beads on a string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this seismic simulation, learners play a "who-dunnit" game to explore earthquakes.

free Ages 11 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners "dance" (move back and forth at varying speeds) by reading a graph. This is a kinesthetic way to help learners interpret and understand how motion is graphed.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a paper stellated rhombic dodecahedron, a three-dimensional 12-pointed star.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Make your own speaker with a magnet, wire, and paper cup! If you have a radio with a headphone plug and an old pair of headphones, this is a great tinkering activity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Oboes's unique sound originates from the two small reeds a musician blows into. Make your own double reed instrument out of straw!

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a scale model of an atom to see how big or how small an atom is compared to its nucleus. Learners will realize that most of matter is just empty space!

free Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Ocean acidification is a big issue due to the amount of carbon dioxide humans release. CO2 in the atmosphere is absorbed into the ocean thus changing its acidity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate the process of DNA fingerprinting by using electricity to separate colored dyes.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Find out what it would be like to have ears shaped differently from your own! Design and make different animal ears then try them out.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners calculate the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere by using steel wool's ability to rust.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners explore scale by using building cubes to see how changing the length, width, and height of a three-dimensional object affects its surface area and its volume.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Yes, you can weigh your car by figuring out your wheel's tire pressure combined with the "tire's footprint." You'll need someone with a car, driver's license, and safety in mind.

free Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this calculus activity, learners use a classic problem of geometrical probability to find an important mathematical constant (pi).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 10 to 30 minutes