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Fossilized Dinosaur Teeth Adaptations
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In this activity, learners use models of fossilized dinosaur teeth to understand how dinosaur teeth were used.
Identifying Erosion
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In this environmental science activity (page 3 of the PDF), leaners will identify and explain the causes of erosion.
Water Body Salinities I
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In this activity, learners investigate the different salinity levels of oceans, rivers and estuaries.
Fossils: Observing, Making and Learning
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In this activity, learners explore how casts of fossilized bones are created and used to learn about dinosaurs. Learners make observations, draw diagrams and share their findings.
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.
What's In Your Breath?
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In this activity, learners test to see if carbon dioxide is present in the air we breathe in and out by using a detector made from red cabbage.
Tabletop Biosphere
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In this activity, learners create a sealed, mini ecosystem that supplies freshwater shrimp with food, oxygen, and waste processing for at least three months.
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.
Seas in Motion
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In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement of waves and currents off a sandy beach.
Plankton Races
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In this two-part activity, learners investigate buoyancy, density and surface area as well as biodiversity and the relationship between the structure and function of organisms.
Moving Model Glacier
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In this goopy activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity), learners will model glacial movement with “gak,” a white glue and liquid starch mixture.
Oil Spill Solutions
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In this activity, learners explore how environmental engineers might approach solving the problem of an oil spill.
What Does Life Need to Live?
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).
Classroom Dinosaur Dig
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In this activity, learners participate in a simulated dig to discover fossilized dinosaur bones. Learners take notes, make a map and propose theories about dinosaurs.
Make a Comet Model and Eat It!
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.
Mars from Above: Carving Channels
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In this activity, learners create channel features with flowing water, comparing their observations to real images of Mars and Earth taken by satellites/orbiters.
Low-Tech Water Filter for High-Impact Clean
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.
Moving and Working in Space
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In this activity, groups of four learners must complete a set of four manual tasks. The restrictions are that they must complete the tasks in a limited time while wearing garden or rubber gloves.
Runaway Runoff
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When it rains, water can collect on top of and seep into the ground. Water can also run downhill, carrying soil and pollution with it.
Monitoring Amphibians
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In this field study, learners discover how to collect data in the field and how their efforts can help certain animals, specifically, amphibians.