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Sky Time: Kinesthetic Astronomy
NASAAdd to list DetailsThrough a series of simple body movements, learners gain insight into the relationship between time and astronomical motions of Earth (rotation about its axis, and orbit around the Sun), and also...
Equatorial Sundial
The University of Texas McDonald ObservatoryAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners make an equatorial sundial, which is simple to construct and teaches fundamental astronomical concepts. Learners use the provided template and a straw to build the...
Human Impact on Estuaries: A Terrible Spill in Grand Bay
NOAAAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners make a model of a pollution spill that occurred at Bangs Lake in Mississippi and measure water quality parameters in their model. Learners then study the actual spill,...
MarsBound!: Mission to the Red Planet
NASAAdd to list DetailsMarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars. The goal of this four-part activity is to use the excitement of Mars...
Breaking the Code: Mayan Math
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsThis is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document. The lesson...
Stabilization Wedges Game
Princeton UniversityAdd to list DetailsThis game introduces learners to the scale of the greenhouse gas problem, plus technologies that already exist to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and prevent climate change. Players pick...
Monitoring Amphibians
Omaha's Henry Doorly ZooAdd to list DetailsIn this field study, learners discover how to collect data in the field and how their efforts can help certain animals, specifically, amphibians. The field study allows learners to go into the...
Corals on Acid
The Oceanography SocietyAdd to list DetailsThe objective of this inquiry-based lesson is for learners to gain an understanding of how increasing ocean acidity can affect the calcification of marine organisms. During this activity, learners:...
Survival of the Fittest: Variations in the Clam Species Clamys sweetus
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteAdd to list DetailsThis guided inquiry three-part activity engages learners in thinking about the mechanism of natural selection by encouraging them to formulate questions that can be answered through scientific...