Austin, TX: Environmental Festival @ Waterloo Greenway

Girlstart to the rescue! Use your knowledge of simple machines to create a sturdy piece of equipment to save miners trapped underground.

Astronomy has never been so sweet! Use delicious cookies to explore Moon phases and the interactions between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. 

Divya Allu Peddinti is a researcher who studies ice shelves in Western Antarctica. Divya uses computer models to understand the interaction between ice shelves and the ocean water around them. This activity gives students the opportunity to model their own "ice shelves". Divya's Polar Puzzle can help to show how different features affect the melting …

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Ice Fishing: Can you pick up an ice cube with a piece of yarn?