Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
Grades:
9–12
Level:
2
In this activity, students will learn about the upcoming planned missions to Mars from various space companies. They will then design a product that could be used to help astronauts as their bodies face the rigors of space on the long journey to Mars.
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
Grades:
9–12
Level:
3
After learning about the field of epidemiology and what the term “patient zero” means, students will participate in a whole group simulation that shows how quickly infectious diseases can be spread and work as a class to determine patient zero.
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
Grades:
K–5
Level:
3
In this activity students will examine fruits and vegetables in order to figure out which ones are really fruits, and what types of fruits they really are.
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
Grades:
K–5
Level:
4
In this activity, students will explore the nature of human hearing by attempting to determine the location of coins dropping at different locations in a room.
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
Grades:
9–12
Level:
3
Students model how a medication is filtered from the blood using colored water. They make predictions about how much medicine remains in a person’s system over time by comparing their predictions to observed data.