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DNA Nanotechnology
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In this activity, learners explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a nanoscale structure that occurs in nature.
Understanding Albedo
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In this activity related to climate change, learners examine albedo and the ice albedo feedback effect as it relates to snow, ice, and the likely results of reduced snow and ice cover on global temper
Altered Reality
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In this activity, learners discover that the human brain is highly adaptable. Learners try to toss beanbags at a target while wearing prism goggles.
Mapping Sea Level Rise
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In this activity related to climate change, learners create and explore topographical maps as a means of studying sea level rise.
Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race
Learners conduct two activities to investigate two properties of liquids: density and viscosity. In a clear container, learners stack 7 different liquids which will layer according to their density.
Bird Beak Buffet
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In this classic activity, learners investigate natural selection by becoming birds foraging for food on an island.
Corals and Chemistry
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In this activity, learners investigate how increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels is changing the acidity (pH) of the ocean and affecting coral reefs and other marin
Weather Stations: Phase Change
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In this activity, learners observe the water cycle in action! Water vapor in a tumbler condenses on chilled aluminum foil — producing the liquid form of water familiar to us as rain and dew.
Trash Traits
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In this activity on page 24, learners perform experiments to examine whether or not trash can float, blow around, or wash away.
Experiment with Fat
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In this nutrition/food science activity, learners conduct an experiment and record data to compare the amount of fat in different foods.
Air, It's Really There
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This lesson focuses on molecular motion in gases. Learners compare the mass of a basketball when it is deflated and after it has been inflated.
Effects of Solar Radiation on Land and Sea
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In this activity, learners explore the different heating properties of soil and water.
DNA Fingerprinting
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In this forensics activity, learners solve a mystery using “DNA” taken from the scene of the crime.
How Do We Convert Electrical Energy into Mechanical Energy?
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In this activity, learners make an electromagnet motor to demonstrate the most basic method of changing electrical energy into mechanical energy.
A Degrading Experience
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In this activity on page 27, learners perform an experiment to learn about how different types of marine debris degrade and how weather and sunlight affect the rate of degradation.
Newton Car
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In this activity, learners work in teams to investigate the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force as described in Newton's second law of motion.
Sniffing for a Billionth
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This is an activity (located on page 4 of the PDF under What's Nano? Activity) about size and scale.
Lighting Up Celery Stalks
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In this activity, learners conduct a series of hands-on experiments that demonstrate how the working of plants' veins, known as capillary action, enables water to travel throughout the length of a pla
Fuel for Living Things
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In this activity, learners observe what happens when yeast cells are provided with a source of food (sugar). Red cabbage "juice" will serve as an indicator for the presence of carbon dioxide.
Chances Are: OH NO! Look Out Below for a UFO
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In this math lesson (on Page 13), learners predict and simulate the likelihood of an event occurring.