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Here you'll find short, lively activities to focus your class trip, or full-period lessons to integrate into your yearly curriculum. Dive in!
Highlights
Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries and different types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes.
Could you describe the kelp forest food web as a system?
Investigate why flowers have different shapes and colors.
How does the finite amount of carbon on this planet move around in the environment, from one place to another?
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3rd Grade - 8th Grade
Anoushka Takla's fourth graders seek to answer the question: "What happens to our trash over time?"
5th Grade - 8th Grade
Erica Katz's fifth graders seek to answer the question: "Why does the moon look different on different days?"
3rd Grade - 8th Grade
Explore the amazing diversity of plants, animals, and ecosystems that are found on the continent of Africa!
6th Grade - 12th Grade
Create a change in air pressure using a garbage bag and vacuum cleaner, and then create a model to explain!
4th Grade - 8th Grade
In this role-playing skit your students will describe the various processes of the water cycle in the Amazon.
3rd Grade - 8th Grade
Trek through the Aquarium to observe and describe animals surviving in both aquatic and desert environments.
3rd Grade - 5th Grade
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Preschool - 1st Grade
Compare and contrast animal body parts while exploring the museum.