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In this activity related to indoor air pollution, learners build take-home dust catchers with wax paper and petroleum jelly.

In this math lesson, learners apply the concepts of ratio and proportion to determine the length of the Statue of Liberty's torch-bearing arm.

In this activity about the brain and sleep (on page 138 of the PDF), learners measure their resting breathing rates. Learners will discover that breathing frequencies vary amongst individuals.

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 environmental science lesson, learners will examine the dangers of mercury and how humans contribute to growing mercury emissions on Earth.

This activity explores the main algorithms that are used as the basis for searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.

In this math lesson, learners learn how to construct stem and leaf plots. Learners first estimate the number of drops of water that will fit on the head of a penny.

In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

In this outdoor biology and math activity, learners estimate the size of a population of organisms too numerous to count.

The major goal of this math lesson is to have learners collect data from a variety of experiments, determine what models best fits their data, and explain why their models are best.

In this activity, learners investigate various appliances and electronics, discovering how much energy each uses and how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released to produce that energy.

In this activity (18th on the page), learners conduct an experiment to examine memory.

In this math lesson, learners analyze the density of liquids in order to explore linear functions.

In this activity, learners explore how various energy sources can be used to cause a turbine to rotate.

In this math lesson, learners explore polynomial and rational function patterns.

In this activity (on page 134 of the PDF), learners explore reaction time.

In this activity, learners explore how the area of Arctic sea ice has changed over recent years. First, learners graph the area of Arctic sea ice over time from 1979 to 2007.

This activity has three story puzzles learners can solve to learn about life in the Arctic.

In this activity, learners use Starburst® candy to sort, classify, compare, and graph. Learners grab a handful of one-inch candy squares, sort them by color, graph the candy, and discuss the results.

In this Cyberchase activity, learners use numbers to create CyberOlympic teams with the fastest times.