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Mosquito Life Cycle
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In this activity, learners build a plastic emergence chamber (or use purchased "mini mosquito breeder") to observe and analyze the mosquito life cycle.

Colorful Electrophoresis
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In this activity, learners follow step-by-step instructions to build a gel electrophoresis chamber using inexpensive materials from local hardware and electronic stores.

Seas in Motion
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In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement of waves and currents off a sandy beach.

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.

Water Rocket Launch
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In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

What Do You Know About Microbes?
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This is a series of quick activities/demos and pre-assessment tools that evaluate learners' current understanding of microbes and introduce them to basic information about microbes.

Plankton Races
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In this two-part activity, learners investigate buoyancy, density and surface area as well as biodiversity and the relationship between the structure and function of organisms.

Irrigation Ideas
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In this activity, learners explore how civil engineers solved the challenge of moving water via irrigation.

Biological Succession in a Microecosystem
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This laboratory activity helps learners understand the concept of biological succession by simulating the process in a microenvironment with various protozoans.

Science Cooks!
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In this health, cooking, and math activity, learners explore nutrition and examine nutrition labels.

High Tech Fashion
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In this technology activity, learners build simple circuits, design soft circuits using conductive thread, and then sew switch-activated circuits.

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

Disease Detectives
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In this activity, learners examine antibodies and antibody recognition using a model.

Can You Canoe?
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the manufacturing of canoes over time, including the development of new, durable, and lighter materials.

Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity
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This lesson is designed to serve as an introduction to the immune system. It can stand alone or it can lead into further studies of the immune system.

Robot Basketball
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In this activity, learners explore accuracy and precision.

Nano Latch-n-Catch
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In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.

Topographic Investigation: Map an Underwater Surface
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In this activity, learners create a map of a hidden surface using a "sounding stick" -- a technique similar to how underwater maps were once made.

Jet Propulsion
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In this two-part activity, learners work in pairs to examine the four basic stages of a turbine engine.

Arduino Blink Challenge
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In this activity, learners explore computer programming and the impact of computers on society. Learners build and test a program to turn a light on and off using an Arduino board.