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Newton's Laws Demonstrations
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In this collection of demonstrations, learners explore Newton's Laws of Motion.

Toxic Popcorn Design Challenge
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges.

Make Your Own Slushies
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In this activity, learners will make their own slushies and learn some of the science behind how the process works.

Testing for Life's Molecules
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In this activity, learners conduct tests for proteins, glucose, and starch.

Exponential Models: Rhinos and M&M’s ®
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In this math lesson, learners model exponential decay and exponential growth using M&M's, paper folding, and African rhino population data.

Dye Like A Natural
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In this activity, learners stain fabrics--on purpose!

Wheat Evolution: Dough Washing
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In this activity (Page 22 of PDF), learners investigate the evolution of wheat by washing different types of dough with water and comparing the results.

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.

Not Just A Bag Of Beans
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In this activity, learners count and measure kidney beans to explore natural selection and variation. Learners measure the length of 50-100 beans.

Herbal Medicines
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In this open-ended multicultural lab activity, learners investigate the effectiveness of herbal remedies.

“Chips” Off the Old Block?
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In this activity, learners bake cookies by following different recipes to better understand genetic mutations. Everyone in the group bakes the same type of cookie: chocolate chip.

Temperature vs. Height: Soda Geyser Series #6
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how temperature will affect the height of a soda geyser.

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

Trebuchet Toss
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In this activity, learners explore trebuchet design. Teams of learners construct trebuchets from everyday materials.

Design and Build a Better Candy Bag
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In this activity, learners explore how product design differences can affect the success of a final product -- in this case a bag for holding candy.

Chilean Sea Bass: Off the Menu
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In this data analysis activity, learners use data collected by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to study Chilean sea bass populations.

The Scoop on Scallops
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In this data analysis activity, learners quantify the abundance and distribution of sea scallops in and adjacent to the Mid-Atlantic closed areas.

Build a Big Wheel
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.

Super Gelatin
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Can gelatin (like Jell-O ®) change the speed of light?

Number of Mentos vs. Height: Soda Geyser Series #5
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In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how many Mentos are needed to make the tallest possible soda geyser.