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Goodness Gracious! Great Balls of Gluten!
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This is an activity about a very important ingredient in most baked goods - gluten! Why is gluten so important? Without it, there would be nothing to hold the gas that makes bread rise.

Better Hair Through Chemistry
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In this activity, learners hook up a hair to a lever system and create a hair hygrometer to measure changes in humidity.

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.

Secret Codon
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In this activity, "write" a secret message in genetic code as beads on a string.

Evolution in Plane Sight
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In this activity, learners model directed evolution by making paper fly. Learners construct and fly paper airplanes.

Investigating the Uses of Backyard Bacteria
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The purpose of this lab is to recognize that the answers to some of society's industrial challenges may lie right in our own backyards.

What's Your Blood Type?
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In this activity, learners perform a simulated blood test procedure.

Breakfast Proteins
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In this activity, learners construct a cereal chain as a model of how proteins are made in the cell.

Life Size: Line 'em up!
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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.

There's Always Room For JELL-O
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In this activity, learners cut wells in JELL-O© and load the wells with different detergent solutions.