Nanocrystalline Solar Cell |
In this lesson students will construct and learn about nanocrystalline solar cells. |
Energy, Engineering, Renewable Energy |
High School (9-12) |
Mystery of the Disappearing Pteropods: Dude Where's My Shell |
Students will recognize and identify patterns within the population of pteropods, analyze the patterns and create a claim about what is happening |
Biology, Climate Change, Marine |
Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Modeling Human Impact on Earth's Carbon Cycle |
The lesson provides some basic background information about climate change and the Earth Labs “Climate and the Carbon Cycle” lesson provides a more detailed background. |
Climate Change |
High School (9-12) |
Modeling Human Impact on Earth's Carbon Cycle |
This model focuses on the global carbon cycle and tracks how carbon moves from anthropogenic sources (human caused) to the atmosphere and then to the oceans and land. |
Ecology, Marine |
High School (9-12) |
Mission Submersible |
Students will design and build a working model of a launch and recovery system from a set of everyday items. |
Engineering, Marine |
Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Microbial Fuel Cell |
These activities will help you walk your students through two major principles involved in fuel cell creation. They will learn what a battery is and how energy can come from in living organisms. |
Bioenergy, Chemistry, Energy |
High School (9-12) |
Mice and Munchies |
In this lesson students will explore interrelationships and adaptations between prey and predators. Students will also determine features of competition between animals in aa habitat. |
Biology, Ecology |
Elementary (4-5) |
Methods of Food Modification |
This activity introduces students to the multiple ways foods have been or can be modified, either naturally or with human intervention. |
Bioenergy |
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Marine Osteoporosis |
In this lesson students learn about the effects of acidic oceans on certain marine organisms and the causes of ocean acidification. |
Biology, Climate Change, Ecology, Marine |
Elementary (4-5) |
Making the Plants We Eat |
Students learn about why farmers/plant scientists would want to improve traits. |
Biology, Ecology |
Elementary (4-5) |