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In this neuroscience activity, learners conduct a simulation to demonstrate how multiple incoming signals influence the action of neurons.

free Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners review the parts of the synapse and their functions by playing a game.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this online activity, learners find out whether they are smart enough to survive as a plant.

free Ages 11 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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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In this activity (on page 7), learners explore the meaning of a "carbon sink." Using simple props, learners and/or an educator demonstrate how plants act as carbon sinks and how greenhouse gases cause

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this game, learners walk through an imaginary Carbon Cycle and explore the ways in which carbon is stored in reservoirs and the processes that transport the carbon atom from one location to another

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (page 87 of the PDF), learners move their bodies to better understand the three axes of rotation: pitch, roll and yaw.

free Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity on page 1 of the PDF, learners compare the relative sizes of biological objects (like DNA and bacteria) that can't be seen by the naked eye.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners play a game of Tag to discover how neurons attach themselves to each other to form a chain.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners play NOAA's Carbon Tracker game and discover ways to keep track of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the world.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Can you avoid the body's immune system and make someone sick? Play this online game in which you go inside a human body to explore how viruses attack cells in the body.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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This "concept demonstration" provides learners with a concrete example (a pair of shoes in a classroom "cell") of what homology means.

free Ages 14 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this environmental science and data analysis activity, learners work in groups to track a Dead Zone (decreased dissolved oxygen content of a body of water) using water quality data from the Nutrien

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This is a quick game about self-assembly (page 2 of PDF under Self-Assembly Activity). Like the molecules of DNA, learners will self-assemble into a pattern by following a simple set of rules.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes