Conference & Workshop Materials
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Shark Dissection: A Jawsome Experience!
Dive in and learn how to create your own Shark Week! This workshop guides you through a hands-on dissection of a dogfish shark. View »
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How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?
This Smithsonian Science for the Classroom module asks students to investigate where to find water, explore ways to move water, and determine how to provide freshwater to those in need. View »
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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. Includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. View »
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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 »
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Wisconsin Fast Plants® Necklace
This activity allows you to observe and record root and shoot development and create a unique necklace from Wisconsin Fast Plants® seed. View »
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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 »
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