Middle School / Life Science

Seasonal Pond Exploration

In this lab, students will use pH sensor and temperature sensors to measure temperature and pH over the course of a day in a vernal pond.

Middle School / Life Science

Sunlight and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Plants

In this lab, students will use pH sensors to demonstrate the relationship between photosynthesis...

Middle School / Life Science

Thermoregulation of Body Temperature

In this lab, students will use fast response temperature sensors to record the temperatures of various body parts. Students will learn that body parts...

Middle School / Life Science

Transpiration

In this lab, students will use weather sensors to measure changes in humidity and temperature of a small potted plant over a 24-hour period.

Middle School / Life Science

Venous Blood Flow

In this lab, students use heart rate sensors to measure their heart rates while standing, lying flat, and lying flat with both legs raised.

Middle School / Life Science

Yeast Growth

In this lab, students will use a temperature sensor and an absolute pressure sensor to measure the changing pressure inside a flask of fermenting yeast...

Middle School / BiologyElementary ScienceEnvironmental ScienceLife Science

How a Greenhouse Works: Light

In this lab, students use a light sensor to determine how light or brightness depends on the angle at which the sun’s light strikes the surface of the...

Middle School / BiologyEnvironmental ScienceLife Science

How a Greenhouse Works: Heat

In this lab, students use a temperature sensor to measure the heat generated in a model greenhouse by altering the types of material that light passes...

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