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Patterns and Relationships: Peddling Petals
PBSAdd to list DetailsIn this math lesson, learners use the setting of a flower-making fundraiser to explore a variety of patterns. Learners examine the patterns in a flower design made of triangles surrounding a square...
Size, Scale and Models
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners take measurements and create charts to learn about the size of dinosaurs and their relative scale to humans. In addition, learners discover how scientists estimate the...
Our Sense of Sight: Color Vision
University of WashingtonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments. In "CLASS EXPERIMENT," learners discover that afterimages occur because of...
Heart and Lungs
BioEdAdd to list DetailsIn this environmental health activity, learners investigate their breathing and pulse rates, and learn how these measurements are affected by physical activity. There are three parts to this...
Making a Translation Tessellation
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners slide shapes to create unusual tiled patterns. Learners transform a rectangle into a more interesting shape and then make a tessellation by repeating that shape over and...
Clay Beams and Columns
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e. keep things the same shape but change the...
Building an Army
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore the potential of interchangeable standard parts to create a large number of unique creations in different combinations. Learners use math skills to determine the...
Bloomin' Bud Glyph
Utah Education NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this math lesson, learners practice reading charts and graphs by creating and interpreting glyphs. Learners use a Glyph Interpretation Sheet to construct flower-shaped glyphs that reveal...
Comparing Sizes of Microorganisms
BioEdAdd to list DetailsIn this activity related to microbes, learners create scale models of microorganisms and compare relative sizes of common bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa using metric measures: meters,...
A Towering Achievement
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this experience, learners use the internet to research physical details about Chihuly's Fireworks of Glass "Tower" and "Ceiling" and consider the decisions Chihuly had...