My Science Box

What does it mean to be alive? Is a cactus alive? Is a seed alive? Is the air we breathe alive? What are the necessary characteristics?

In this activity, learners solidify their conceptualization of cells by building a model of a cell in a ziplock bag.

This activity is designed to introduce learners to genes, genotypes and simple inheritance patterns.

In this activity, learners take on the role of various parts of the cell in order to model the process of protein synthesis.

In this activity, learners investigate variations in human traits. This allows learners' natural curiosity about their identity to draw them into the study of heredity.

In this forensics activity, learners solve a mystery using “DNA” taken from the scene of the crime.

In this classic activity, learners investigate natural selection by becoming birds foraging for food on an island.

In this activity, learners conduct tests for proteins, glucose, and starch.