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Extinct!: Are You Smarter than a Plant?
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In this online activity, learners find out whether they are smart enough to survive as a plant.

Root Observations
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In this activity, learners will investigate and compare the root systems of plants. Explore how weed and edible plant roots differ, and take a closer look inside with the careful use of a knife!

Geothermal Power Plant Model
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In this activity, learners make a model of a power plant that uses steam. Learners use simple materials like foil, a tin can, and a pot of water to model a geothermal power plant.

Wheat Evolution: Sedimentation Testing
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In this activity (Page 30 of PDF), learners investigate the evolution of wheat by conducting sedimentation tests on different flours.

Animal & Plant Cell Slides
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In this activity, learners make slides of onion cells and their own cheek cells. Use this lab to teach learners how to prepare microscope slides and use a microscope.

Wheat Evolution: Dough Rising and Baking
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In this activity (Page 25 of PDF), learners investigate the evolution of wheat by creating dough from different flours, observing the samples of dough as they rise, and then baking the dough.

Free-living and Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (Roundworms)
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This lesson introduces learners to the world of nematodes (roundworms).

Planting with Precision
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work to solve the challenges of a society, such as efficient planting and harvesting.

Make a Terrarium
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In this activity, learners make a miniature greenhouse or "terrarium" to explore the greenhouse effect.

Color-Changing Carnations
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Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.

Wear a Chimp on Your Wrist
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Learners construct a bracelet containing two strands of beads, which represents a double strand of DNA that codes for a gene. They match beads to the bases in a section of a chimp's DNA code.

Dye Like A Natural
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In this activity, learners stain fabrics--on purpose!
Hazardous Chemicals in Your Neighborhood
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In this environmental science lesson, learners will examine hazardous chemicals and their effects on human health and the environment.

Rock Pioneers
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners investigate organisms that live along the ocean's rocky coast.