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Water Clean-up
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Water Clean-up Activity) about the use of reduction agents to decontaminate ground water.

Extreme Sounds
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Extreme Sounds) is a full inquiry investigation into sound.

As the Rotor Turns: Wind Power and You
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In this engineering activity, learners will get acquainted with the basics of wind energy and power production by fabricating and testing various blade designs for table-top windmills constructed from

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.

Tug-of-War
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Tug O' War) is a full inquiry investigation into tug-of-war physics. Groups of learners will test two tug-of-war strategies.

Fun with Speedboats
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In this activity, learners explore how boats are engineered to achieve speed.
No bones about it!
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) about the mixture of materials in bone and how they affect its strength.

Leaf it to Me
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In this activity, learners observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere.

Science at the Waterpark!
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Water Slides) is a full inquiry investigation into speed and motion and takes place at a water park.

Investigating and Using Biomass Gases
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In this activity, learners will be introduced to biomass gasification and will generate their own biomass gases.

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?
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Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

Map That Habitat
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Historically, sea floor mapping (bathymetry) was done by soundings.

New Boxes from Old
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Learners determine the surface area and volume of two identical boxes, and then figure out the dimensions of a cubical box with the same volume.

Evolutionstechnik or Selection and Variation in the Egyptian Origami Bird (Avis papyrus)
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In order to examine the random nature of mutations and natural selection, learners "breed" clutches of Egyptian Origami Birds (Avis papyrus) using random number generators (dice and coins) to mutate s

Breaking the Code: Mayan Math
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This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.
Effects of Solar Radiation on Land and Sea
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In this activity, learners explore the different heating properties of soil and water.

Sail Car Design
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Sailboat Design Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into design optimization.

Sand Dunes
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This outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Sand Dunes) is a full inquiry investigation into how the amount of moisture in a sand dune relates to the number of plants growing

Canned Heat
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In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

Science of Sunblock
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about nanotechnology making its way into everyday products, such as sunscreen, and how effective these invisible particl