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Would you like to see more stars in the night sky? Design a streetlight shield prototype to protect night sky observations from light pollution!

Clouds play an important role in maintaining the Earth’s temperature. One of the ways they regulate the amount of light (energy) coming from the sun is their opacity. The terms transparent, translucent, and opaque describe how much light gets through a cloud and help us understand why clouds make shadows. Let’s head outside and observe …

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Up, up, and away! Engineer a high-flying helicopter to learn about the forces that make it soar.

In this activity, make your own ice storage device using simple at-home materials and a little bit of imagination! Challenge yourself to create something that traps cold air inside and keeps warm outside air out. Emilie Beaudon is a glaciologist who travels to icy slopes around the globe to collect frozen records of past climates. …

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