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In this activity, learners will investigate and compare the root systems of plants. Explore how weed and edible plant roots differ, and take a closer look inside with the careful use of a knife!

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will design a seed and test how it travels. Learners will use the Engineering Design Process to create a seed which can move from place to place.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how different colors of lights interact with objects around them. Will a blue object stay blue with a red filter?

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will experiment to find how long it takes to compost paper. They will create their own compost container and test different variables.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - adult 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners will use their five senses to explore a nature-based area around them.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners will observe how air interacts with a paper helicopter. Learners will test different variables of weight, size, and shape.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer a water irrigation system. Learners will create a ditch irrigation system -- or an acequia-- to move water with the help of gravity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will create unique rockets. Each rocket will be powered by air as the learner will blow into a straw and watch their rocket fly.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore ways static electricity interacts with the surroundings of an object. The activity has step-by-step instructions in English and Navajo.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners will code an algorithm to make it through a maze.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes