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Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
Create a food web to model an ecosystem.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls in Puerto Rico explore the benefits that big trees bring to their ecosystem.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls explore their local parks to identify and record animal and plant species in Alaska.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls use math and mapping to help a colony of bees.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 1 hour
Watch and ID birds in your neighborhood.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls build their own miniature wind farm.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 1 hour
Build a windmill that lifts weight.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Determine which material holds the most water.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Test leaf toughness with your own penetrometer.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls help scientists track the monarch butterfly population and raise caterpillars.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Explore what happens when you try to complete two simple tasks at the same time.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 1 hour
Use your imagination to design a fictional animal that has defenses against predators and/or their environment.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls study bottlenose dolphin behavior.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls visit Indiana Dunes National Park and investigate how dragonflies help the park scientists monitor its water quality.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls investigate what makes a good bird habitat in an urban environment.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls visit Congaree National Park and learn about its unique fireflies that flash in sync!
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Life & Environment
Friends compare frog and toad calls in rural and urban sites to evaluate the population.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls put a lid on school trash.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
Make a plan to reduce waste in your area.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls compare palms to native trees in Southern California.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls select the best horse for a riding competition.
Activity
Life & Environment
Put the light bulbs in your house to the test.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
Collect and compare data in your neighborhood using iNaturalist.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 1 hour
Create your own field guide.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
Put on a naturalist’s hat and explore the world around you.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls face down pollution on the Mississippi River, and collect data to track plastic pollution in the watershed.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls observe salamanders and collect data to help rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park study the health of the park’s ecosystem.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
Create a scavenger hunt for your friends to find items around the room or outside.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Identify the different plastics in a mystery bag.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Get stepping and measure your way around town.
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Life & Environment
SoCal SciGirls help scientists collect data on the health of the Pacific Ocean.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 2 hours
How do your local trees measure up?
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Life & Environment
SciGirls make a local wetland more attractive to turtles.
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Life & Environment
SciGirls dive to protect their favorite reefs.
Activity
Life & Environment
Time to complete: 45 minutes
Learn frog calls in this citizen science practice activity.