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In this health, cooking, and math activity, learners explore nutrition and examine nutrition labels.

In this activity (p.25 of PDF), learners investigate spores. Mushrooms produce millions of spores which are equivalent to the seeds of plants but without the massive food reserves.

In this activity, learners make optical fibers out of strips of gelatin.

In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

In this activity, learners discover the principles of edible glass by making a supersaturated sugar solution.

Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Sailboat Design Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into design optimization.

Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.

This guided inquiry three-part activity engages learners in thinking about the mechanism of natural selection by encouraging them to formulate questions that can be answered through scientific investi

In this activity, learners investigate the olfactory system by conducting several experiments.