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Build a Bot with Cubelets®, Robot BlocksGive your students an engineering design challenge with Cubelets®, Robot Blocks. Develop a series of tasks that a robot can perform, then let students engineer and test the robots. View »
Modeling Energy in a SystemYou experience energy, force, and motion every second of your day. In this activity, modified from the STCMS™ unit Energy, Forces, and Motion, you create a model to explain how energy is involved in moving a pendulum. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Force AwakensMagnetism 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. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Making Algae BeadsIn this activity students create spheres of green algae for use in experiments that explore the metabolic processes of plants. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
What's Your Type?Using Carolina® Synthetic Blood in your classroom offers students the opportunity to conduct realistic blood typing activities without the associated risks. This activity includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Strawberry DNA ExtractionIntroduce students to DNA with this activity. A discussion of how this DNA extraction procedure works might also touch on the plant cell wall, the cell membrane, and DNA's lack of solubility in ethanol. Includes materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Dry Ice ExplosionDemonstrate the physical states of carbon dioxide with the help of this video. View »
Collecting Cancer-Causing ChangesIn this activity, students simulate cell divisions and identify various mutation patterns that lead to increases in the rate of cell division. View »
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Engineer Physical Science Excitement with a Carolina STEM Challenge®
Rockets zoom and race cars zip. Experience how Carolina makes it easy to incorporate STEM into chemistry and physical science. View »
Hands-On Science with Phenomenal Critters
Discover fun, simple activities with live organisms that you can use in your labs. Learn about care, handling, and ways to introduce inquiry. View »
They Come in Pairs: Addressing Student Misconceptions About Chromosomes
What if meiosis and chromosomes were as easy to understand as folding laundry? This workshop shows how ChromoSock® specialty socks can address student misconceptions. View »
Hands-On Activities to Model Sampling, Habitat Degradation, and Animal Choice
This workshop explores methods to estimate population size, determine the effects of habitat degradation, and investigate organisms' habitat preference. View »
Build a Bot with Cubelets®, Robot Blocks
Give your students an engineering design challenge with Cubelets®, Robot Blocks. Develop a series of tasks that a robot can perform, then let students engineer and test the robots. View »
Modeling Energy in a System
You experience energy, force, and motion every second of your day. In this activity, modified from the STCMS™ unit Energy, Forces, and Motion, you create a model to explain how energy is involved in moving a pendulum. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
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. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Workshop: Solve the Mystery of Beads in a Bottle
Experience firsthand the 5 innovations of NGSS from the Smithsonian's middle school chemistry unit, Matter and Its Interactions. View »
Making Algae Beads
In this activity students create spheres of green algae for use in experiments that explore the metabolic processes of plants. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
What's Your Type?
Using Carolina® Synthetic Blood in your classroom offers students the opportunity to conduct realistic blood typing activities without the associated risks. This activity includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Strawberry DNA Extraction
Introduce students to DNA with this activity. A discussion of how this DNA extraction procedure works might also touch on the plant cell wall, the cell membrane, and DNA's lack of solubility in ethanol. Includes materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
Dry Ice Explosion
Demonstrate the physical states of carbon dioxide with the help of this video. View »
Collecting Cancer-Causing Changes
In this activity, students simulate cell divisions and identify various mutation patterns that lead to increases in the rate of cell division. View »
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