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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.

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.
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.

Canine House of Cards
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This simple construction activity teaches the importance of architectural structure. Learners build and test designs for a paper "doghouse" strong enough to hold the weight of a jumbo dog biscuit.

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.

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.

What Shape Is It?
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In this activity, learners determine the shape of an unseen object by bouncing a ball off the object.

Color by Numbers: Image Representation
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Computers store drawings, photographs, and other pictures using only numbers. Through this activity, learners decode numbers to create pictures using the same process that computers use.

Extreme Lifestyles
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In this matching game, learners study the limits of life on Earth to see what other places in the solar system might sustain microbial life.

Target Recognition and Synapse Formation During Development
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In this activity about neuron/target muscle recognition (page 44 of the PDF), learners arranged in two rows facing away from each other use string to simulate neural development.

How Small Can You Cut?
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In this lesson, learners cut paper into very small pieces to explore the small size of quarks, the smallest thing we know of on Earth.

X-ray Dinosaurs
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur fossils and skeletons. First, learners listen to "Tyrannosaurus Rex" by Daniel Cohen to learn about T. rex dinosaurs specifically.

What's in a Dinosaur Name?
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In this activity, learners explore the etymology of dinosaur names.

Programming Languages: Marching Orders
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In this activity about computer programming, learners follow instructions in a variety of ways in order to successfully draw figures.
The Drake Equation
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In this math activity, based on the research of famed astronomer Frank Drake, learners calculate the possibilities of finding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe besides Earth.

Tangram Challenge
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In this activity about tangrams, learners print and cut out their own tangram shapes and solve puzzles by fitting these geometric pieces together in a variety of ways.