Search Results
Showing results 81 to 100 of 168
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-646.jpg?itok=g4jFaQuW)
Super Memory
Source Institutions
In this activity (pages 26-29 of the PDF), learners investigate how they can develop super memories by using mnemonic devices.
Guiding Light
Source Institutions
In this optics activity, learners use glass and water to demonstrate total internal reflection (TIR).
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-155.gif?itok=3oMQPTAQ)
The Carbon Cycle: How It Works
Source Institutions
In this game, learners walk through an imaginary Carbon Cycle and explore the ways in which carbon is stored in reservoirs and the processes that transport the carbon atom from one location to another
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-555.png?itok=4R2HQIhe)
Nano Scavenger Hunt
Source Institutions
This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Where's Nano? Activity) about identifying nanoscale objects and phenomena in today's world.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-247.png?itok=LbqWs0Zy)
Pitch, Roll and Yaw: The Three Axes of Rotation
Source Institutions
In this activity (page 87 of the PDF), learners move their bodies to better understand the three axes of rotation: pitch, roll and yaw.
Flesh Out a Fossil
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners discover how artists start with a skeleton and turn it into a realistic drawing of a dinosaur.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-434.png?itok=hJwoW90H)
Monster Evolution
Source Institutions
In this online activity, learners create monsters and see how they survived when released into the wild.
Why Are Two Eyes Better Than One?
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore how their depth perception would be affected if they only had one eye. Learners work in pairs and attempt to drop a penny in a cup with one eye covered.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-186.jpg?itok=gAdeWxOT)
Pollution and Waste Audit: Making Responsible Decisions about Waste
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners discover the three R's of environmental protection: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-680.png?itok=Nrdnv5Mq)
Color Vision
Source Institutions
In this online activity, learners make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. They can change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or they can filter white light.
The Sharp Eyes of a Naturalist
Source Institutions
In this creative activity, learners will practice looking carefully to observe details and to become familiar with dioramas as a method for displaying naturalistic scenes.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-226.jpg?itok=CusIxsLS)
Go with the Flow
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners discover how hard their hearts work to pump blood.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-653.gif?itok=7YAwxQ9s)
Life Size: Line 'em up!
Source Institutions
In this activity on page 1 of the PDF, learners compare the relative sizes of biological objects (like DNA and bacteria) that can't be seen by the naked eye.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-000-694.jpg?itok=Po00gpPw)
Stethoscope
Source Institutions
Make a copy of the first stethoscope with only a cardboard tube! René Laennec invented the first stethoscope in 1819 using an actual paper tube!
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-394.jpg?itok=2ISL58BM)
Neuron Chain Tag
Source Institutions
In this outdoor activity, learners play a game of Tag to discover how neurons attach themselves to each other to form a chain.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-000-536.png?itok=U3nUVJfu)
Bird Watch
Source Institutions
In this group or individual activity, learners are encouraged to watch birds near home or school—possibly where birds are nesting in a tree, pecking in a park, feeding from a feeder, or flying through
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-382.jpg?itok=V2hkSpDn)
Auditory Acuity
Source Institutions
This activity (8th activity on the page) tests learners' ability to identify things using only the sense of hearing.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-002-396.jpg?itok=q706CL0E)
How Fast Are You?
Source Institutions
This activity is designed to let learners measure their reaction time or response time to something they see.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-000-720.png?itok=KgPSnp7L)
Your Body in Your Mind's Eye
Source Institutions
This activity is about how you form mental images of your body's position in space, independent of vision. Can you take a sip of water from a cup with your eyes closed?
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-489.png?itok=9O_yj1ki)
Evolution in Action: Isolation and Speciation in the Lower Congo River
Source Institutions
In this guided discussion activity, learners watch a video about Central Africa's Lower Congo River, one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the world.