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Cool It
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity/game, learners use thermometers to simulate how lizards survive in habitats with extreme temperatures. Learners are challenged to keep their thermometer-lizard "alive...
Plenty on the Plains
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners compare the ways of life of Plains Native Americans who hunted and moved frequently to follow the buffalo herds, and Native Americans who farmed and lived in more...
Shoebox Dinosaur Dig Site
Twin Cities Public TelevisionAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, (on page 6 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs) learners participate in a hands-on fossil excavation. Groups of learners will receive a shoebox full off sand in which...
Mystery of the Disappearing Cottonwoods
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsLearners will explore the scientific mystery behind a disappearing group of trees by examining data and attempting to explain the decline. They make a model of a riverbank and then simulate the...
Skin Deep
4-HAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore how to protect their skin while applying pesticides to plants. Learners conduct a series of simulation experiments and discover that some clothing fabrics provide...
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) with Powdery Mildew Fungi
APSnetAdd to list DetailsThis exercise can be used to stimulate the investigative nature of learners as they use forensic plant pathology techniques to prove the learners' innocence in a mock murder investigation....
The Carbon Cycle and its Role in Climate Change: Activity 1
NOAAAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (on page 1), learners role play as atoms to explore how atoms can be rearranged to make different materials. Learners group together and link arms or hold hands to form chemical...
OBIS Oil Spill
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity, learners simulate an oil spill using popcorn (both oil and popcorn float on water), and estimate the spill's impact on the environment. Learners role play...