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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. Parallel or Series, Mr. Edison?
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Learn how electricity is generated and transmitted, how light bulbs work, and how these inventions of Thomas Edison have changed the world. |
Lesson 2. Volcanoes!
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Not just cones spewing vinegar and baking soda: Meet the Curtain of Fire and the Strombolian eruption. |
Lesson 3. Skeleton Detectives
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Whose Body? Learn about the human skeleton
and the techniques forensic anthropologists use to identify skeletal
remains. |
Lesson 4. 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. |
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