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Carolina Quick Tips®: See(d) the Difference Students of all ages can learn from observing the germination of seeds. In this demonstration, seeds germinate on black agar plates, which make the developmental stages easy to identify and observe. View »
Balancing Chemical Equations This activity focuses on using models to help balance chemical equations and understand the law of conservation of mass. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Wastewater Treatment Simulate the steps of wastewater purification with the activities in this Carolina workshop resource. Includes materials list, safety information, and step-by-step instructions. View »
Wet Scrubber Demonstration Construct a model of a wet scrubber and measure pH changes in the scrubber solution with this Carolina workshop resource. Includes materials list, safety information, and step-by-step instructions. View »
Workshop Handouts | Clean Up Your Mess! Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Coding with First Graders? The Smithsonian Says Yes! View »
Collecting Evidence Through Real-World Models: How Does an Owl Get All That Energy? View »
Modeling to Make Erosion Easy View »
The Phenomenon of Plate Tectonics View »
Assessing Water Quality with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Use this introductory activity to familiarize students with the types of macroinvertebrates they may collect in a local stream or as a review activity on biotic water quality calculations. View »
The Composition and Age of Stars Do your students think stars burn? Can they tell the age of a star like our sun? Ignite interest in astrophysics with this easy demonstration. View »
Build a Bot with Cubelets® Give your students an engineering design challenge with Cubelets. Develop a series of tasks that a robot can perform, and then engineer and test robots. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Beads in a Bottle Students can apply their understanding of density to explain observations about immiscible liquids and objects suspended in them. Students analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances and use evidence to create a density bottle similar to the one they observed. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Modeling Energy in a System Whether you realize it or not, you experience energy, forces, and motion every second of your day. This activity is modified from a pre-assessment investigation in the STCMS ^&trade unit Energy, Forces, and Motion. In this activity, you will create a model to explain how energy is involved in moving a pendulum. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Force Awakens Magnetism is an example of a non-contact force, that occurs when objects are not touching. In this activity, students investigate how magnets create a force field that can attract and repel objects. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Cutaneous Sensation You have probably noticed that cutaneous receptors are not equally distributed throughout the skin. Some places on your body are more sensitive than others. This activity explores the density of mechanoreceptors in the skin on the hand. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Flower Dissection Structure and function in plants can easily be explored using a single flower at any grade level. In this activity, students explore the structures commonly found in a flower. Using a genuine flower as their model, students measure and analyze each structure, determining its function and how it relates to reproduction in the plant. Students use the evidence they collect to argue whether a living thing’s internal structures are equally as important as external structures. View »
Carolina Quick Tips®: Moving Water Water is one of Earth's most precious resources. In this activity, students develop and use a model to investigate one aspect of the freshwater problem: moving water from one place to another. View »
AUTOPSY: Forensic Dissection Featuring Carolina’s Perfect Solution® Pigs Are you ready for a forensic dissection activity that is on the cutting edge? Engage students and revitalize your instruction of mammalian structure and function with a “real” classroom autopsy! Participants dissect a Carolina’s Perfect Solution® pig by modeling the protocols of a forensic pathologist. View »
Carolina’s Young Scientist™ Dissections with Carolina’s Perfect Solution® Specimens View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Comparative Mammalian Organ Dissection with Carolina’s Perfect Solution® Specimens View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Engineer Physical Science Excitement with a Carolina STEM Challenge® View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Hands-On Science with Phenomenal Critters View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Keep Calm and Chemistry On: Successful Lab Activities for the New Chemistry Teacher View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Shark Dissection: A Jawsome Experience! View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Arriving on the Scene: Forensic Science from the Pros Workshop Short Description: Thinking about incorporating forensic science into your classroom? Expose your students to the fascinating world of forensics by using real-world techniques practiced by law enforcement agencies. Keep your students captivated by analyzing and documenting evidence to recreate a crime scene. View »
Hands-On Activities to Model Sampling, Habitat Degradation, and Animal Choice View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Introduction to Wisconsin Fast Plants® View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Protein Necklace: Harnessing the Glow of Jellyfish View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Strawberry Milkshakes: DNA and Lactose Intolerance View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Engineer Physical Science Excitement with a Carolina STEM Challenge® Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Hands-On Activities to Model Sampling, Habitat Degradation, and Animal Choice Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Hands-On Science with Phenomenal Critters Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Clean Up Your Mess! Air and Water Pollution Remediation View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Come to Your Senses: Physiology in Action View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Planning and Designing Investigations using Balanced and Unbalanced Forces View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Structure and Function K-5 View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Shifting to the 5 Innovations: Density Phenomena View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Smithsonian Engineering: Sending Coded Messages Using Sound View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
They Come in Pairs: Addressing Student Misconceptions About Chromosomes View this Carolina workshop presentation given at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Arriving on the Scene Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Come to Your Senses: Physiology in Action Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Keep Calm and Chemistry On Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Workshop Handouts | Protein Necklace: Harnessing the Glow of Jellyfish Get the Carolina workshop resources provided at the 2018 NSTA national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View »
Making Algae Beads In this activity students create spheres of green algae for use in experiments that explore the metabolic processes of plants. View »
Bouncing Off the Page Combine physics and biology concepts in one lesson that focuses on the art of creating two-dimensional images with the illusion of depth. View »
What's Your Type? Using Carolina® Synthetic Blood in your classroom offers your students the opportunity to conduct realistic blood typing activities without any of the associated risks. View »
Cow Eye Dissection This dissection activity introduces students to the anatomy of the mammalian eye. View »
Workshop Takeaways Take the next step with resources from Carolina's famous Workshops! Just choose a topic to find more information, related resources, and featured products from the workshop. View »
Workshop Downloads Bring a Carolina Hands-On Experience to the classroom! Whether you've attended or are planning to attend one of our workshop sessions or are just looking for fresh, creative ideas for your classroom, our Workshop and In-Booth Demonstration resources will help you create new experiences in your classroom. View »
In-Booth Demonstration Takeaways Now you can re-create Carolina's famous in-booth demonstrations right in your own classroom! Just choose a topic to find more information, related resources, and featured products from the demonstration. View »
Disorder Detectives In this activity, students play the role of a cytogeneticist. They are given a case study and a set of patient chromosome decals that they arrange into a completed karyotype. View »
Elephant Toothpaste Demonstrate the use of a catalyst in the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with this activity. View »
Ice Creamer By using table salt to lower the freezing temperature of water below 0° C, the ice and water mixture becomes cold enough to freeze a nondairy creamer solution into ice cream. View »
Make a Choice! Gain an understanding of animal behavior, habitat, and other environmental and ecological studies with interlocking choice chambers. View »
Wisconsin Fast Plants® Necklace This activity allows you to observe and record root and shoot development and create a unique seed necklace from Fast Plants. View »
Pig Dissection In this activity, students to hone their dissection and observation skills, identify major features of a pig, understand form and function, and gain a better understanding of vertebrate and mammalian anatomy. View »
Owl Pellet Dissection This is an introductory dissection activity that helps student understand predator prey relationships, as well the the food cycle. View »
Bullfrog Dissection Dissecting a frog specimen is a great introduction to vertebrate anatomy. View »