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:

Not just cones spewing vinegar and baking soda: Meet the Curtain of Fire and the Strombolian eruption.

Whose Body? Learn about the human skeleton and the techniques forensic anthropologists use to identify skeletal remains.

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.

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!

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.