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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 5 of PDF), learners conduct an experiment to compare how much energy is released as heat from two different foods.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 1 of PDF), learners observe and quantify the growth of yeast when it is given table sugar as a food source.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners are challenged to eat some candy as a cell would need to as well as to think about some of the problems that arise when a cell ingests food.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners conduct tests for proteins, glucose, and starch.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore how plants turn sunlight into food through a process called photosynthesis.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners build edible models of DNA, while learning basic DNA structure and the rules of base pairing.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this kinesthetic activity, learners move pom-pom "ions" across a membrane to simulate how an action potential is propagated along an axon.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use edible models of the DNA molecule to transcribe an mRNA sequence, and then translate it into a protein.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Just like birds, some dinosaurs had air-filled (pneumatic) bones, which made the dinosaurs' skeletons lighter.

$1 - $5 Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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As a long-term project, you can rear monarch butterflies at home or in a classroom.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 1 to 12 months
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In this activity, learners perform an experiment that models a chromatography-like process called electrophoresis, a process used to analyze DNA.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners cut wells in JELL-O© and load the wells with different detergent solutions.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity about combustion and energy, learners observe a burning candle in a sealed jar and the burning of white sugar.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a microscope to examine three different microbes: bacteria, yeast and paramecia. Educator will need to prepare the yeast solution one day before the activity.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this fun, hands-on autumn activity, learners experiment to discover whether the colored substances in leaves can be separated from the leaves.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners create an electrical circuit and investigate how some dissolved substances conduct electricity.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners solidify their conceptualization of cells by building a model of a cell in a ziplock bag.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners investigate the olfactory system by conducting several experiments.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity (page 12), learners apply the concepts of pixilation and pointillism to the world of biomedical science.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours