Educational Classroom Kits and Activities
Let us help you to identify activity kits to meet your specific Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) needs! Our hands-on kits have been developed by expert scientists and educators to incorporate cross cutting concepts, science and engineering practices and disciplinary core ideas. The activities, designed to provide students with a complete understanding of science as they progress through grade levels, are easily introduced into Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering lessons.
Wards® Phenomena: Vanishing Marbles Lab Activity
Change your students' view of light with this kit that teaches an inquiry-based lesson on optics.
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Wards® Phenomena: Flipped Lab Activity
Students will not believe their eyes with this activity which exhibits different optical properties.
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Hominid Skull Comparison: An Investigation of Hominid Evolution
Developed in collaboration with Dr. Martin K. Nickels, Professor of Physical Anthropology at Illinois State University, this Hominid Skull Comparison lets students investigate and draw their own conclusions regarding evolutionary relationships by examining and taking measurements of 24 life-size drawings of eight hominid skulls.
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Classroom Laboratory Drawer
A useful set of tools and labware for your laboratory.
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Biotech for Life (BFL): The Clot Thickens
Use the known heritability of the hemophilia SNP to possibly correct a royal family lineage.
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Biotech for Life (BFL): Capturing a Bigfoot is no Small Feet
Is it really a Bigfoot wandering the forest? Use gel electrophoresis to find out!
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Biotech for Life (BFL): The Sweet Solution
Isolate the plasmid DNA from a bacterium that encodes for a novel type of insulin!
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Biotech for Life (BFL): The Wurst Case Scenario
A rotten sausage? Or something else? Botulism is the worst.
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Ward's® Engage Animal Behavior, IBL Case
In this inquiry-based learning case, students are architects, designing a brand new school; but to design the best possible buildings, they need to study student behavior, specifically how students move through hallways.
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Who Took Fluffy?™
A fun Who-Done-It mystery that teaches through Problem Based Learning.
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Science Take-Out® Modeling Photosynthesis And Cellular Respiration
Use Snap Beads To Model The Reactants And Products Of Photosynthesis.