Kit

Brief Description

Grade

Level(s)

Dynamic Dinos

Students explore the form and function of different dinosaur body parts using models and reconstructions.

K to 1

Feast for the Senses

Students participate in interactive, sensory activities that help them understand how animals use their senses to locate food.

K to 1

Budding Biologists

Students learn about the form and function of insects and birds through hands-on activities.

1 to 3

Matter Matters

Students explore the properties and interactions of solid and liquid materials through demonstrations and hands-on activities.

2

Magnet Madness

Students experiment with magnets to discover their unique properties of attraction, repulsion and polarity.

2

Playful Machines

Students investigate simple machines by using levers, wheels and axles, and inclined planes to create a model playground.

2 to 4

Bright Lights, Big Science

(French version available too)

Students investigate light and learn how light can be transmitted, reflected, refracted or absorbed by materials in our environment.

4

Ancient Machines

Students gain an understanding of how simple machines make it easier to move heavy loads by building a pyramid.

4 to 5

The Bone Zone

(French version available too)

Students discover how our skeletal system provides protection, support and movement through challenges, demonstrations and role-playing activities. Students make a model hand and test it for strength and stability.

3 to 5

Super Science Challenges

Students work together in teams to design, create and test a variety of items; everyday materials are used to solve challenging science and engineering problems.

3 to 6

The Wonders of Weather

Students learn how the Sun, air and water create weather, and apply their knowledge of weather by constructing and testing a weather-measuring device.

4 to 5

It’s Electrifying

Students gain a basic understanding of electricity by experimenting with electrical circuits, conductors, insulators and electromagnets.

5 to 6

Crime Lab

Students hone their investigative skills by working in teams, collecting data, identifying patterns and analyzing results to solve a mystery. Techniques include chromatography, fingerprinting and chemical analysis.

6 to 7

Entrepreneurial Science

Students form a company and invent and evaluate a self-propelled object. Students use problem-solving, planning, designing, testing and budgeting.

6 to 8

Tectonics Rock!

Students examine how landforms are created through simulations and models and explore the results of plate movement.

7

Hydration Nation

Test and analyze the physical and chemical properties of various water samples and make recommendations on which water source could be used for drinking.

6 and 7