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Caution! Wildlife Crossing
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In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.
Chemical Footprint—Family Activity
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In this multi-part activity learners examine non-point water pollution.
Engineering For Earthquakes
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In this design challenge, learners will engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake they create.
Whose Fault Is It?
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In this seismic simulation, learners play a "who-dunnit" game to explore earthquakes.
Does Sunscreen Protect My DNA?
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In this laboratory experiment, learners explore how effectively different sunscreens protect yeast cells from damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Finding the Right Crater
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This quick demonstration (on page 11 of PDF) allows learners to understand why scientists think water ice could remain frozen in always-dark craters at the poles of the Moon.
Exploring the Solar System: Asteroid Mining
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In this activity, learners will imagine the challenges and opportunities of asteroid mining.
Achieving Orbit
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In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat
Aerogel
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This activity/demo introduces learners to aerogel, a glass nanofoam. Learners discover how aerogel is made and how well it insulates as well as learn about aerogel's other unique properties.
Glass and Mirrors: An Inside Look at Telescopes
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This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.
Dive into Design
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Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.
Cook Up a Comet
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In this activity (on page 5 of PDF), learners use dry ice and household materials to make scientifically accurate models of comets.
Observing the Moon
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Use this Moon Map Guide to help learners identify features on the Moon, while looking through a telescope.
Globe at Night
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In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.
Making An Impact!
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In this activity (on page 14 of PDF), learners use a pan full of flour and some rocks to create a moonscape.
Home Water Audit
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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.
Model Wind Tunnel
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In this activity, learners build a miniature wind tunnel to measure force. Learners construct the model out of Lexan plastic, a fan, and a precise digital scale.
Biomimicry Mash-Up
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In this design challenge activity, learners explore the concept of biomimicry by using a natural organism's special features to design a new human object.
Space Elevator
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In this activity, learners imagine what the world might look like if we could build an elevator to space!
Ancient Sun Observations
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In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.