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Neurotransmitters Contain Chemicals
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In this activity, learners play a simple card game to learn the sequence of events in the transmission of nervous system signals.
Fossilized Dinosaur Teeth Adaptations
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In this activity, learners use models of fossilized dinosaur teeth to understand how dinosaur teeth were used.
Excavating and Mapping Under Water
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In this archaeology activity, learners consider ways in which excavating an underwater site is different from excavating a terrestrial site.
Baroreceptor Reflex Role Play
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In this activity about the baroreceptor reflex (BR) arc (page 123 of the PDF), learners discover the importance of maintaining adequate arterial blood pressure through a role playing exercise.
Where Will It Go?
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In this activity, learners predict where a ball will go after it bounces off another object. Learners discover that the motion of objects is predictable based on laws of motion.
Is That DNA in My Food?
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In this activity, learners extract DNA from wheat germ. Use this activity to introduce learners to DNA, biotechnology and genetic engineering.
Watch It Fly
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Learners observe projectile motion by launching wooden balls off of a table top. They set up a rubber-band launcher so that each ball experiences a consistent amount of force.
Kelsey: Clues of the Dig Site Map
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur fossils and a dig site. Learners work in groups to analyze a dig site map and match bones to a skeletal drawing of Kelsey (a Triceratops).
Create a Dinosaur Name
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In this activity, learners explore how dinosaurs are named and what their names mean. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most.
Charge Challenge
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In this activity, learners explore how objects can have positive, negative, or neutral charges, which attract, repel and move between objects.
Message in a Neuron
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In this activity, learners play a simple card game to learn the sequence of events in the transmission of nervous system signals.
Flocking for Food
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In this outdoor beach activity, learners use a variety of "beaks" (such as trowels, spoons or sticks) to hunt for organisms that shore birds might eat.
Why Circulate?
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In this activity related to the human circulatory system (on page 10 of the PDF), learners observe the dispersion of a drop of food coloring in water, draw conclusions about the movement of dissolved
Drugs, Risks and the Nervous System
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In this activity, learners estimate risks associated with different events and compare their estimates to the real possibilities.
Pinhole Viewer
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In this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways.
Heating and Cooling of the Earth's Surface
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Learners conduct an experiment to determine the rate at which two materials, sand and water, heat up and cool down.
Number Sense and Computation: Soak It Up
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In this math lesson, learners compare products to determine the best product.
Geometry: Let's Face It
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In this math lesson, learners identify, describe, and construct the five regular polyhedra.
Whale Communication Hide and Seek
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In this activity, learners pretend that they are orcas and search for their "pods" using Morse code.
Make a Dinosaur Model
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur skeletons, anatomy, and locomotion. Learners compare and contrast dinosaur skeletons and drawings.