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Category: Life Science

  • In this activity, learners will create their own rules to establish what “life” is by sorting everyday objects into categories. You are a living person. The air in your lungs is not alive. The paper in your notebook used to be alive when it was a plant. When we study “life science” and biology, we…

  • Today, students will model a vaccination program using an online game (found at https://mrcwimm.itch.io/the-vaccination-game). Pre-Laboratory Questions: Data Collection: Post-Lab Questions Future Directions

  • Dialysis tubing is a soft, bendy tube with very tiny holes that you cannot see. These tiny holes let small things pass through but stop bigger things from getting through. This is similar to how a kidney works in your body. Your kidneys clean your blood by letting small waste particles and extra water leave…

  • This laboratory comes straight from genome.gov/strawberry-DNA . Thank you to the United States National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute. Warm-Up Questions: Materials (per scientist):2 Strawberries, fresh or frozen1 Resealable Plastic Bag (Quart-sized or larger)2 teaspoons of Dish Detergent1 teaspoon of salt1/2 cup of water1 coffee filter2 plastic cups1/2 cup of cold rubbing…