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Sing - Suchomimus Was His Name
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In this activity (located on page 2 of PDF), learners sing together a song that gives details about the dinosaur species Suchomimus (pronounced “Sook-o-mime-us”).

Whale Cart
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In this activity, learners interact with whale artifacts such as replicas of skulls, bones, teeth, and baleen (hair-like plates that form a feeding filter).

Energy Use in the Americas
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Learners explore the relationship between energy consumption, population, and carbon emissions in the countries of the Americas.
Penny for Your Thoughts
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In this activity, learners will explore how metals react with each other. They will see these metals change before their eyes as they coat a paperclip with the copper taken from a penny.

Ramps 2: Ramp Builder
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In this inquiry-based learning activity, learners design, build, and test their own ramps. They are introduced to a variety of materials and explore putting them together.
Drip Drop
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In this water activity, learners explore how water drops behave on different surfaces.

Digger
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In this activity, learners build their own construction cranes using tongue depressors and pushpins.

Phylogenetics
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This activity lets learners participate in the process of reconstructing a phylogenetic tree and introduces them to several core bioinformatics concepts, particularly in relation to evolution.

Pet Parasite Detective
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This activity (on pages 19-25) is about fleas and ticks, which are common pet parasites.

The Beaks of the Finches
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In this simulation, learners become birds different beak types. Learners use various tools to represent beaks to pick up seeds and place them in a petri dish.

Breaking Point
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In this activity, learners build penetrometers to test leaf toughness. Biologists measure leaf toughness to study the feeding preferences of insects and bugs.

Rainbow in the Room
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This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

Exploring Symbiosis
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In this activity, learners discover which plants and animals have symbiotic relationships and how this impacts each organism.

Map That Habitat
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Historically, sea floor mapping (bathymetry) was done by soundings.

No It's Snot
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In this health activity (on page 3 of the PDF), learners will learn about the body‘s defenses against invasion from tiny particles.

Size, Scale and Models
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In this activity, learners take measurements and create charts to learn about the size of dinosaurs and their relative scale to humans.

Matter of Degree
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In two separate bags, learners mix water with Epsom salts and detergent.

Building a Magic Carpet
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In this activity (page 89 of the PDF), learners compare and contrast pitch and roll motions by using a Magic Carpet maze similar to one that was used for Neurolab investigations about microgravity.

Measurement: Sand Babies
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In this math lesson, learners explore and investigate measurement using standard and non-standard units.

Measurement: Bubble Mania
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In this math lesson, learners practice measurement skills as they examine a soap bubble print. Learners follow a recipe to make a soap bubble solution.