Barbers Motorcycle Museum
Join Mitch at Barber Motor Sports to learn about 2-Cycle engines as he takes apart a motorcycle and rebuilds it.
Integrated into the Physical Science content standards are the disciplinary core ideas of the Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science (ETS) domain, which require students to employ tools and materials to solve problems and to use representations to convey various design solutions.
Huntsville Botanical Gardens
Raine visits Huntsville Botanical Gardens to learn about the butterfly life cycle and plants that eat bugs.
Objective SCI.3.6.1: Define life cycle, birth, growth, reproduction, death, unique, and diverse.
Objective SCI.3.6.2: Differentiate among stages of the life cycle of various organisms.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Anderson builds a double helix DNA with candy
Objective B.3.1: Define deoxyribonucleic acids, ribonucleic acids, DNA replication, deletion, insertion, translocation, point shift and frame shift mutation. Objective B.3.3: Construct a model of DNA. Objective B.3.4: Identify the complementary nitrogen base pairs. Objective B.3.5: Explain the relationship between DNA, genes, and chromosomes.
Mobile Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mitch builds a device for studying ocean currents at Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Objective SCI.6.13.4: Correlate the effect of ocean currents on weather patterns.
New Terra Composting
We’ve heard about farm to table but what about table to farm? Join us today to learn how and why food scraps become healthy soil that is used to grow healthy plants and food.
6.LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics 6.ESS3: Earth and Human Activity 1) Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources by asking questions about their availability and sustainability. 6.LS4: Biological Change: Unity and Diversity
1) Explain how changes in biodiversity would impact ecosystem stability and natural resources.
2) Design a possible solution for maintaining biodiversity of ecosystems while still providing necessary human resources without disrupting environmental equilibrium. 7.LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1) Develop a model to depict the cycling of matter, including carbon and oxygen, including the flow of
energy among biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem.