Activities
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In this activity, students will excavate a box containing several layers of sediment.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will use a variety of materials to attempt to clean up a simulated oil spill.
- K–5
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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 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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Learn about gears, how they work, and differences in gear size as well as develop an understanding of angular speed. Students will analyze a variety of situations by applying arc length and other trigonometric functions to determine degrees of rotation.
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will use paper chromatography to separate the colors in the dyes used to color candies.
- 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
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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 design their own miniature golf hole and then determine the path along which a ball would travel to score a "hole-in-one."
- K–5
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In this activity, students will use a laser pointer and flat mirrors to explore the law of reflection.
- K–5
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Students will use a life cycle audit to evaluate a product’s environmental impact on society by proposing design changes in order to reduce the negative impact it could have.
- 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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In this activity, students will design a procedure for separating five types of recyclable materials based on their physical properties.
- K–5
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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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Students will understand the importance of causal loop diagrams in order to make meaningful connections within a system. By looking at the critical components of a system, students will learn how to analyze the interdependence needed for optimal system
- 9–12
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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 create their own windmills and test them against the models made by their classmates.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will make sound three ways: by blowing across the top of a bottle, tapping a glass, and running a finger around the rim of a glass.
- K–5