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In this food science activity, learners observe different plant-originated foods.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor game, learners role play populations linked in a food chain.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (page 5 of the PDF), learners will create a food web and explore food sources for different organisms. They will identify relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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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, learners construct possible food webs for six different ecosystems as they learn about the roles of different kinds of living organisms.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 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 observe what happens when yeast cells are provided with a source of food (sugar). Red cabbage "juice" will serve as an indicator for the presence of carbon dioxide.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This is an outdoor activity designed to demonstrate evolution of feeding behavior in flocking, schooling or herding animals that maximizes allocation of food resources and enhances survival.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this game, learners each represent a different organism in an environment. They build a web during the activity, and discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this yummy activity about soil (page 9 of PDF), learners will create layers of soil using food. They will learn about the composition and role of each layer.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners are divided into teams.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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This activity focuses on interactions within Earth systems and the effects of human activities. In this activity learners build a biomass pyramid.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 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 life science activity (page 8 of the PDF), learners explore the carbon cycle by mixing yeast, sugar and water.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 8 of PDF), learners estimate average daily baseline energy (Calorie) needs and energy needs for different levels of activity.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Bogs) is a full inquiry investigation into decomposition.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this construction activity, students use a 2-liter bottle to build a fly trap.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity, learners investigate spider webs and feeding behavior, particularly how spiders trap food in their sticky silk webs while not getting stuck themselves.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a sealed, mini ecosystem that supplies freshwater shrimp with food, oxygen, and waste processing for at least three months.

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 12 months