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Lean, Mean Information Machine: Using a Simple Model to Learn about Chromosomal DNA
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Learners observe a model of a cell and its chromosomal DNA made from a plastic egg and dental floss. Use this model to illustrate how much DNA is held in one cell.

Deer Me: A Predator/Prey Simulation
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In this activity, learners will simulate the interactions between a predator population of gray wolves and a prey population of deer in a forest.

Let's Clone a Mouse, Mouse, Mouse...
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Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is a cloning method that involves transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell of the individual to be cloned to an enucleated egg.

A Model Parasite
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In this detailed activity (on pages 9-18), learners investigate the body parts of a parasitic ascaris worm by making and dissecting clay models.

Take a Hike!: A Family Forest Walk
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In this family or group inquiry activity, learners use their senses to explore a local forest or woodland.

Carbon Sequestration
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In this inquiry-based lesson, learners measure the biomass of trees, calculate the carbon stored by the trees, and use this information to create recommendations about using trees for carbon sequestra

How Quick Are Your Responses?
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In this activity (on page 134 of the PDF), learners explore reaction time.

Why Doesn’t the Ocean Freeze?
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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

It's a Gas, Man
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In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.
Sea State: Forecast Conditions at Sea
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In this oceanography and data collection activity, learners cast real time sea state conditions using buoys from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

Calendarios para cualquier año
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Este Web site contiene links a 12 calendarios (12 meses). Cada mes contiene actividades sobre matemáticas.

Dogs and More Dogs
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In this activity, learners play an evolution card game to see how selective pressures can affect an organism's evolution.

Classy Parasites
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In this activity (on pages 2-8), learners experience how scientists use classification in their study of animals.

Mini Zoetrope
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In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

Life in a Nutshell
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In this multi-faceted game (on pages 25-35), learners recreate what happens to creatures in the Brazilian rain forest as they grow from egg to adult—especially those that use fallen, empty Brazil nut

Supporting Structures
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In this activity about living things and gravity (page 5 of PDF), learners design and build an exoskeleton or an endoskeleton for an animal of their own invention.

Heart and Lungs
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In this environmental health activity, learners investigate their breathing and pulse rates, and learn how these measurements are affected by physical activity.

Wolf Limiting Factors
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In this activity, learners simulate a wolf and its habitat and observe what happens when the limiting factors change over time.

Tree Trunk Diameter to Branch Height Relationship
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In this activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity), learners will identify a group of deciduous trees to study.

Creating a Soil Map
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In this activity, learners investigate soil conditions by creating a soil map. Learners record soil characteristics and compare the conditions of soil in different grid sections.