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Dust Catchers
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  In this activity related to indoor air pollution, learners build take-home dust catchers with wax paper and petroleum jelly.
   
Cool Tool
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  In this activity (on pages 10-17), learners discover how scientists study biodiversity and the health of the environment based on inspection of small areas—a process known as sampling.
   
Flower Engineers
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  This activity (on pages 24-29) combines science and art to introduce learners to how different animal pollinators spread pollen from one plant to another, and how certain shapes, colors, and smells of
   
A Tree of Genetic Traits
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  Learners mark their traits for tongue rolling, PTC tasting (a harmless, bitter chemical), and earlobe attachment on tree leaf cut-outs.
   
A Recipe for Traits
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  In this genetics activity, learners create and decode a “DNA recipe” for a dog by randomly selecting strips of paper that represent DNA.
   
Crank It Up
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  In this engineering activity, learners explore simple machines and then build cardboard automata using cams.
   
Building with Wonderful Junk
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  In this activity (page 4), learners work in groups to plan and build large structures using recyclable materials they have brought from home.
  