Blood Cell Bingo Game Purpose of activity: To review information about all types of blood cells, both red and white cells. Target age group: ages 10 and up (great for high school!) Time allowance: 5-15 minutes per game (play multiple games) Description: This is standard bingo except that the board is made of moveable, double-sided pieces. The players...
Target age group: ages 7-12 Purpose of activity: To review general information about internal organs Description of activity: Plays like standard Bingo except that there are three levels of questions. The two highest levels are suitable for middle school students. (Sample question from hardest level: "This organ has parts called the duodenum...
This is the "world-famous" Brain Hat. This humble little hat has been distributed around the world (even at some large science museums) and has been translated into several different languages (scroll to the bottom to see the list). FOR BRAIN HAT in other languages, scroll to the bottom of the page. Target...
"Ectomy" (a game about the brain) Purpose of the game: To learn (or review) information about the lobes of the brain and what they do. These lobes are: frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal, sensory cortex and motor cortex. Description of game: Each player tries to fill the brain outline with the appropriate lobe parts. Players...
"Pond Scum" (a game about protozoa) Purpose of game: To learn about protozoa and their feeding habits Target age group: Ages 10-14, possibly younger Description of game: A board game with protozoa playing pieces. It is a two-player game similar to chess. There are rules about how each piece moves and what it can eat. Players...
Purpose of activity: To create paper models of these viruses: the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, the Adenovirus, a generic icosahedral virus, and the T2 bacteriophage. Target age group: Ages 10-16 Time needed: Very dependent upon what you want to do with each model. If you just cut and assemble, you will only need about 10...
POND LIFE unit study resources I recommend the above book. It's about $10 Amazon, but you can often get used copies for less. (https://amzn.to/2Na1x4A) Each week we read a few of the pages (going in order) and then did some corresponding activities during our once-a-week class time. We also did...
Hydrothermal Vent Multimedia Collage Purpose of activity: Use as a final project after doing reading and research about hydrothermal vents along mid-ocean ridges. Time allowance: At least an hour (My class did this in two parts, with painting one week and gluing the next, but it can be done in one session, as acrylic...
Cut-and-assemble Paper Clam Purpose of project: To provide an alternative to dissection, OR to provide a pre-lab exercise that will enhance the dissection experience. Target age group: Ages 8-16 Description of activity: A cut-and-assemble project showing the internal anatomy of a clam. There is a pre-labeled pattern for younger students and a label-it-yourself version for older students. ...
Arctic Tern Craft and Cooperative Game Purpose of project: To learn about the arctic tern Target age group: Ages 5-10 Description of activity: Students cut and assemble an arctic tern, then they use their bird in a role-playing game that simulates the migration of the tern from pole to pole. This activity is designed to be...
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