Activities
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Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will participate in a scavenger hunt with their peers to classify inherited and learned traits.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore light travel and how it is redirected with the use of mirrors.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will take on the role of organisms in various environments as they discover the concept of interdependence in ecosystems.
- K–5
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In this activity, students carefully add drops of liquids to the surface of a penny to help them understand the concept of surface tension.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the structure of the human eye and analyze and classify optical illusions.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, blindfolded students will use their sense of touch to organize materials according to texture.
- K–5
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In this activity, students experiment with sand and hair dryers to observe how wind, sand, and barriers interact to form sand dunes.
- K–5
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In this activity, students explore the effects of physical and chemical weathering on various types of rocks.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will construct a water wheel with household materials that can be used to lift an object.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the physical characteristics and absorption of types of materials that make up soil.
- K–5
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In this activity, students work in groups to model swarming behaviors, and analyze the behaviors to develop an understanding of how they increase the chances of survival of a species.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the stars, planets, and Moon found in our solar system and how they relate to one another.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity students will create there own unique creatures and then make dichotomous keys that will allow their classmates to identify the creatures.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will learn that objects do not always have to be touching to exert a force on each other.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will research ancient organisms and create a timeline showing when they appeared on Earth.
- 6–8
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, blindfolded students will use their sense of touch to organize materials according to texture.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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Students will identify that the human brain uses many sources of information to understand and react to the surroundings.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will be able to describe the water cycle by creating and observing a model.
- K–5