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The Rutgers Science Explorer offers activities suitable for middle school students that encompass the areas most frequently covered in middle school curricula: life sciences, earth science, and the physical sciences. Many activities also incorporate mathematics and/or technology. The Rutgers Science Explorer offers approximately six activities per year, with some rotation of activities from year to year. The activities currently available include:

Lesson 1. Volcanoes!
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Not just cones spewing vinegar and baking soda: Meet the Curtain of Fire and the Strombolian eruption. |

Lesson 2. Skeleton Detectives
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Whose Body? Learn about the human skeleton
and the techniques forensic anthropologists use to identify skeletal
remains. |

Lesson 3. DNA Detectives
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What is DNA and how it is use in forensic
investigations? Learn about this fascinating molecule and some of the
techniques used to extract and study DNA. |

Lesson 4. Drilling into Science: A Petroleum and Oil Exploration
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Using chemistry, math and geology, we will discover the substance that makes our cars go,
lip gloss shiny and our plastics possible from finding reserves to extracting and refining it,
this exploration is all about oil!
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Lesson 5. One Fish, Two Fish - Marine Ecology
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An investigation into New Jersey marine ecology, understanding the animals, habitat and environmental issues of the Raritan Bay
and surrounding areas. We will explore food webs, water quality and the human impact effects as students look into the causes of a hypothetical fish kill event.
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