Activities
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Working in groups, students will select a city and then use U.S. government census data to develop an algebraic relationship between time and population size.
- 9–12
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In this activity, students will learn about how human lifestyles cause the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to be released into the air.
- K–5
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In this activity, students work in teams to develop a method for creating a mathematical model of the path of a ball. The teams measure the height from which a ball is thrown, and the time taken for the ball to reach the ground.
- 9–12
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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
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will investigate how camouflage can help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
- K–5
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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In this activity, students will construct a model ear to learn how different materials transmit sound.
- K–5
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In this activity teams design, build, and test paper helicopters to observe a relationship between blade surface area and descent rate.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn that plants and animals have common needs.
- 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 use a ramp to launch a car and reach a finish line.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the value of using a scale model and the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of how a simple hovercraft uses the forces of motion to move.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will build a simple solar cooker, make observations and qualitatively describe the melting rate of a piece of chocolate in the cooker.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will test the effectiveness of different parachute designs.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will investigate how robots work including robotic parts and explain how energy is transferred to make different parts move.
- 9–12
Funded by The Healthineers Fund of the Siemens Foundation
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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.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will examine and sketch various trace fossils from an unknown creature and then construct an image of the creature that they believe produced these fossils.
- K–5