Activities
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In this activity, students will discuss and compare plants, animals, and their surroundings in deserts, oceans/ beaches, and rainforests.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will conduct an investigation to create a bioplastic as an alternative to plastics we typically use as consumers.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the elements in the periodic table and how to interpret the information for each element.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will investigate how electricity and magnetism are closely related by building and testing their own electromagnets.
- 9–12
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Students will investigate the relationship between friction and motion by building a simple hovercraft.
- 9–12
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In this lesson, students will work in teams to design a pair of headphones specifically for children under three.
- 9–12
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After learning about the amount of paper that the United States uses every year, students will observe how homemade recycled paper is made. Upon examining the result, students will be challenged to refine this process in order to produce a paper product.
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will investigate how a specific group of insects move, referred to in our lesson as the focus insects.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will examine how the Earth's land surface is affected by water in its different forms.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will investigate how electricity and magnetism are closely related by building and testing their own electromagnets.
- 9–12
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Students will learn about the concept of low impact development: practices that use or copy natural processes such as absorption or evaporation to protect water quality.
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of performing a controlled experiment and how different variables affect the distance travelled by a stomp rocket.
- K–5
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will paint craft spheres to resemble the Earth, moon and sun.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will compare samples of monomers and polymers in powder and thread form (sugar/cotton candy and cotton flock/cotton balls).
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will research ancient organisms and create a timeline showing when they appeared on Earth.
- 6–8
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In this activity, students will construct interactive lunar cycle models to illustrate the phases of the Moon in 3 dimensions.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will test the effectiveness of different parachute designs.
- K–5
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Students explore the basic components of vehicle design and learn about the conditions affecting Mars rovers. They design an improved Mars rover by defining a problem and proposing a solution in the form of improved design elements.
- 9–12