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How Our Environment Affects Color Vision
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.
Personal Fan
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Cool off in the heat with this project! Learners use simple materials to build a fan that runs on a motor.
Leaves: Designing Leaf Arrangements on a Branch
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In this hands-on activity, learners investigate the functional design of leaves on a tree.
Gummy Growth
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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.
The Carbon Cycle and its Role in Climate Change: Activity 2
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In this activity (on page 7), learners explore the meaning of a "carbon sink." Using simple props, learners and/or an educator demonstrate how plants act as carbon sinks and how greenhouse gases cause
Lost Labels
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In this experiment, learners will conduct chemical and physical tests to identify mystery substances.
Disease Detectives
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In this activity, learners examine antibodies and antibody recognition using a model.
Periscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.
Reason for the Seasons
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In this activity (on page 6 of the PDF), learners plot the path of the sun's apparent movement across the sky on two days, with the second day occurring two or three months after the first.
Energy For Life
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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 1 of PDF), learners observe and quantify the growth of yeast when it is given table sugar as a food source.
Metallophone
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing an instrument using some metal pipes, rubber bands, and a baseboard.
Coral and Chemistry
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In this experiment, learners will explore whether increased carbon dioxide makes our oceans more basic or more acidic.
Do a Spacewalk!
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In this activity, learners train to increase muscular strength and improve upper and lower body coordination by performing the “bear crawl” and the "crab walk.” Learners perform the exercises over tim
Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity
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This lesson is designed to serve as an introduction to the immune system. It can stand alone or it can lead into further studies of the immune system.
Candy Chemosynthesis
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In this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition.
Tie Dye Painting
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This is an activity exploring color and color mixing.
Is It Alive?
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What does it mean to be alive? Is a cactus alive? Is a seed alive? Is the air we breathe alive? What are the necessary characteristics?
Crew Strength Training
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In this activity, learners will train to develop upper and lower body strength in their muscles and bones by performing body-weight squats and push-ups.
Build a Borneo Glider
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In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So
Nano Latch-n-Catch
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In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.