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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Malformed Frogs) is a full inquiry investigation into using indicator species to assess the health of an environment.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners become beachcombers as they walk on a sandy beach in search of evidence of life.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make water-walking critters using thin wire, and then test how many paper clips these critters can carry without sinking.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners make their own organic-rich soil. Depending on where this activity is done, learners will probably discover that their local soil is low in organic matter.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners identify the reproductive parts of plants and the animal (bee) structures involved in pollination.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity with several mini experiments, learners explore the chemistry that helps scientists learn about the environment and how they can help save it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners explore mammal locomotion by constructing flipbooks.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this very hands-on lesson, learners will investigate dendrochronology (the study of tree rings to answer ecological questions about the recent past) and come up with conclusions as to what possible

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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Agriculturalists have long considered mushroom growing a challenge, largely because you need a piece of benchtop equipment known as a laminar flow hood.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 4 weeks
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This activity (on pages 15-23) combines interactive role-playing and graphing to introduce learners to the health affects of pollen.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (on pages 23-29), partners use the Plant Traveler Cards, along with a world map and map worksheets, to follow plants such as cassava, chocolate and coffee that grew first in one part

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners experience firsthand how marine animals' adaptive coloration camouflages them from prey.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Did you know that the water we use today is the same water found on Earth millions of years ago? The Earth constantly uses and recycles water in a process called the water cycle.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners explore an aquatic site such as a pond, lake, stream, river or seashore to find and investigate plants and animals that live in water.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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This laboratory exercise is designed to show learners how DNA can easily be extracted from onion cells using simple materials.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover how a cabbage juice indicator helps identify acids and bases, and how iodine indicates the presence of starch.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners compare the moisture released from different kinds of leaves and from different parts of the same leaf, by observing the color change of cobalt chloride paper.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity learners will be creating art using a traditional Japanese art style.

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