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Future Moon: The Footsteps of Explorers
Lunar and Planetary InstituteAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners drop impactors onto layers of graham crackers! The process models how impacts throughout the Moon's history have broken rocks down into a mixture of dust, rocks, and...
Natural Selection of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (p.3-4 of PDF), learners learn about disease transmission and antibiotic resistance. In this activity, an educator shows what could happen if one learner has not washed his/her...
Protect That BRAIN!: Mr. Egghead
University of WashingtonAdd to list DetailsThis activity demonstrates the importance of wearing a helmet to protect the brain. An egg is used to symbolize a head with the shell as the skull and the inside of the egg as the brain. One egg is...
Shape Up!
University of WashingtonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (25th on the page) about learning and memory, learners explore a training method that animal trainers employ called "shaping." Working in pairs, learners will attempt to ...
Candy Dish Natural Selection
COSIAdd to list DetailsIn this yummy biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners participate in a demonstration of natural selection. By using a bowl of candy as a "population," students discover how...
Lemonade Stand
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsIn this online lemonade stand game, you decide how to price each cup of lemonade and how many pitchers to make. You play through 7 days and try to make as much profit as possible, subtracting the...
The Nose Knows!
American Chemical SocietyAdd to list DetailsIn this activity on page 9 of the PDF, learners test how flavoring extracts move through the walls of a balloon. Learners discover that the extracts' motion is similar to the way that oxygen...
Make An Impact
Ontario Science CentreAdd to list DetailsIn this hands-on activity, learners simulate the crashing and smashing of a meteor impact using household cooking supplies. Learners explore the formation of an impact crater by dropping...