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Participants learn about bird migration and the importance of being...
Visitors design their own window decals (inspired by local and migratory...
Participants learn about birds' migratory flight paths across North...
Patrons build a roof for a birdhouse that will stay cool in the summer. 0
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Engineers are consistently challenged to improve the performance of their designs. Take the simple pinwheel—how can we create a better pinwheel? Students compete to design a pinwheel that spins in the slightest breeze possible. 0
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Newly-hatched sea turtles use moonlight to find their way to the sea. Tall, bright lights can confuse them. Build a prototype of beach lighting for paths that guides humans safely but doesn't distract turtles. 0
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Use the micro:bit's accelerometer and radio features to make a prototype of a device to help scientists track polar bears or other animals and discover how they are being affected by climate change. 0
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Participants role-play various scenarios of competing water use as they learn about water rights and the principles of how water is "allocated" or divided in watersheds. 0
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Participants learn about elements of a healthy watershed and build a model of it on butcher paper. Then, they add human elements to the watershed and learn about how humans can positively and negatively affect the health of a watershed. 0
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Participants conduct a series of hands-on experiments and demonstrations to observe adaptations desert plants have that help them conserve water in the arid environment. 0
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Participants play a game using dice and a maze while learning about how people collected water in the past. 0
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Participants explore four stations to compare different plant adaptations in desert and riparian environments, as well as plants and animals adapted to nighttime activities. 0
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Participants learn about how plants, animals, and humans need water to survive by going on an imaginary river trip narrated by the facilitator. A link to the activity’s PowerPoint slides can be found below in the “related links” section. 0
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Los árboles juegan un papel importante en nuestro ecosistema, pero a menudo los pasamos por alto en nuestras rutinas diarias. Los árboles proporcionan hábitats para los animales, controlan la erosión, regulan la temperatura, almacenan carbono y crean oxígeno, ¡sin lo cual no podemos vivir! Esta actividad desafía a las niñas a mirar más de cerca a los... 0
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