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In this activity, learners examine body parts (including skin, scales, and skulls) from fish, mammals and reptiles. Questions are provided to help encourage learner investigations.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that as the salinity of water increases, the density increases as well. Learners prove this by attempting to float fresh eggs in saltwater and freshwater.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 60, learners examine and simulate wildlife entanglement by experiencing what it might be like to be a marine animal trapped in debris.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners look at and touch marine animal skulls to compare them and think about what they eat.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Investigate the interaction of liquids of different densities and experiment with wave patterns with this hands-on activity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will create their own coral polyps - the basis for a coral reef.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe hard parts of sea creatures (shells, molts, etc.) to better understand marine environments.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners touch and observe skulls of sharks and rays to learn about their diversity (over 400 species of sharks alone!).

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this simulation activity, learners observe what can happen when ocean waves churn up water and oil from an oil spill.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity, learners observe how wind creates ocean currents.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners interact with whale artifacts such as replicas of skulls, bones, teeth, and baleen (hair-like plates that form a feeding filter).

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore in what ways the shape of the land and the pull of gravity influence how water moves over Earth.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will simulate the processes of the water cycle at home in a plastic sandwich bag.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 7 days
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Educator Amy O'Donnell from the American Museum of Natural History guides learners to create a diorama of a coral reef.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners will explore how density is affected by temperature and how that can create currents.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore a bucket of sand and beach objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about camouflage, learners create a model that shows how a flounder is able to blend into a variety of environments.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes