Students learn about genetics and genetic traits and how genetics are passed through generations through a series of hands-on activities.
Students learn about pH and its uses as foundational knowledge before investigating and making invisible ink.
Students learn how people have communicated without words, often using codes. Students create their own secret code and key, then test it out with a partner.
Students learn about physical and chemical properties before using tools and a testing method to identify a secret powder and collect and observe fingerprints.
Students learn about weather tools and create their own thermometer, anemometer, hygrometer, and barometer.
Students investigate sound waves through a variety of hands-on activities and consider the conditions and physical properties that make sound possible.
Students are introduced to echolocation and sonar through a variety of videos and hands-on activities.
Students dig into how different animals use echolocation through research and a game.
Students investigate how sound travels and whether sound waves can travel through different materials.
Students learn about the parts of an ear and begin to investigate sound waves.
Students learn that otolaryngologists are ear, nose, and throat doctors. They learn about animal ears and hearing aids.
Students continue their study of ear types to design, create, and test ears that meet their individual specifications.
