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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.

In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut.

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.

In this nutrition activity (page 26 of PDF), learners consider the nutritional needs of people with specific dietary requirements, such as athletes, persons with diabetes and vegetarians, and create a

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.

In this activity, groups of learners work together to create edible models of chemicals involved in autotrophic nutrition.

In this nutrition activity (page 16 of PDF), learners document their individual eating habits and learn whether their eating patterns meet their needs.

In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

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.

In this electrochemistry activity, young learners and adult helpers create a battery from a potato to run a clock.

In this activity, learners use chocolate to explore how the Sun transfers heat to the Earth through radiation.

In this activity about combustion and energy, learners observe a burning candle in a sealed jar and the burning of white sugar.

In this cooperative learning activity, learners visit ten stations and are challenged to think critically about various conservation questions and issues.

This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Body Electricity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into conductivity.

In this activity, learners create an electrical circuit and investigate how some dissolved substances conduct electricity.

This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.