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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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6th Grade - 10th Grade
Students will practice distinguishing between correlation and causation within the context of climate change.
Kindergarten - 5th Grade
Before your students explore African Hall, prepare them with fun games to practice their observation skills.
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Why do humans have two eyes?
3rd Grade - 8th Grade
Hay una cantidad finita de carbono en la Tierra, y el carbono se mueve en el medio ambiente de un lugar a otro.
6th Grade - 10th Grade
Why do birds migrate? Visualize and explore the connectedness of organisms within and across ecosystems.
Kindergarten - 4th Grade
Expand your vocabulary in this creative brainstorming activity.
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Students head outside to look closely for patterns of leaves in a shady environment vs. a sunny environment.
4th Grade - 8th Grade
What kinds of everyday objects contain carbon? This introductory activity will help you get it straight!