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Light and Kaleidoscopes
Learn about light and build a Kaleidoscope
UV Beaded Bracelet
Create a bracelet with beads that react to UV light.
Hunt the Organelle!
Students will learn the difference between animal and plant cells and obtain an understanding of the major organelles by conducting a scavenger hunt.
Gel Electrophoresis of Biological Dyes
Learn how to complete a gel electophoresis and how it is used to separate different molecules in a sample!
Blossoming Flower
Cut a paper flower, fold in petals and watch them blossom when in water.
Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Butterfly Mobile
Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the energy pyramid, while creating a butterfly biodiversity mobile.
Cookie Mining
Students mine for chocolate chips in cookies attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie.
Structures - 3 Pigs
Students build 3 houses - one of straws, one of sticks, and one of bricks - and then test each for strength.
Storytime - What If There Were No Bees?
Read "What If There Were No Bees?" and learn about the importance of bees and cross-pollination.
Binary Beads
Explore binary code and how computers use it to store information.
Storytime - Butterfly Life Cycle
Read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and learn about the different steps in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Testing Reaction Time with Rulers
Test your reaction time by catching a ruler.