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Be A Pasta Food Scientist
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In this activity, learners of all ages can become food scientists by experimenting with flour and water to make basic pasta.
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Mapping the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Trailing the Pandemic
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In this activity, learners act as epidemiologists by mapping the prevalence of HIV/AIDS worldwide.
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Musical Gloves
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Put on a pair of gloves and be the conductor of your invisible orchestra!
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What Does Spit Do?
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Some animals can swallow food whole, but humans have to chew. In this activity, learners will investigate what saliva does chemically to food before we even swallow.
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How Sweet It Is
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In this activity (4th activity on the page), learners use their sense of smell to rate and arrange containers filled with different dilutions of a scent (like cologne or fruit juice) in order from wea
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Carbon Cycle Roleplay
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In this creative roleplay activity, learners will explore the various processes of the carbon cycle using movement and props to aid in comprehension.
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Make a Comet Model and Eat It!
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In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.
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Have Your DNA and Eat It Too
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In this activity, learners build edible models of DNA, while learning basic DNA structure and the rules of base pairing.
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Trees: Recorders of Climate Change
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In this activity, learners are introduced to tree rings by examining a cross section of a tree, also known as a “tree cookie.” They discover how tree age can be determined by studying the rings and ho
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The Great Fossil Find
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On an imaginary fossil hunt, learners "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature, only a few at a time.
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Wind Turbine Blade Design
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In this activity, learners design, build and test wind turbines. Learners go through the design process and use the scientific method to test important blade variables.
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Air-filled (Pneumatic) Bone Experiments
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Just like birds, some dinosaurs had air-filled (pneumatic) bones, which made the dinosaurs' skeletons lighter.
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The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.
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The Watershed Connection
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In this activity, learners interact with a 3-D model of a watershed to better understand the interconnectedness of terrestrial and aquatic environments.
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Foam Rocket
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In this activity, learners work in teams build and launch rubberband-powered foam rockets.
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Make Pan Pipes
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This is a simple activity for learners to create a traditional musical instrument. Pan Pipes have developed all over the world in different cultures, from South America to Greece and China.
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Geyser
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This Exploratorium activity can be used in many contexts because geysers are great opportunities for learning about heat and temperature changes as well as geological/space science phenomena.
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Seafood Surgery
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In this hands-on activity, learners discover the similarities and differences between a vertebrate and invertebrate by dissecting a perch and a crawfish.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Constellations
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This chocolate chip cookie recipe includes templates for baking night sky constellations of the season right on top! Two templates are included, one for 9pm mid-April, and one for 10pm mid-July.
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Conservation Island
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In this lesson, learners will understand the concepts behind endangered and extinct animals and develop their own conservation plan to save three endangered species.