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February's Monthly Theme:
I Heart Science
Are you looking for better ways to integrate Siemens Science Day activities into your teaching? Access the Monthly Theme page to find relevant, interactive activities. Each month's theme is archived.
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Balancing Act
Difficulty: 3In this activity, students will design an experiment to test a person's ability to walk along a balance beam under different physical conditions.
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Blueprint For Life
Difficulty: 3In this activity, students will explore DNA as a code for biological traits and extract samples of DNA from the interior of living cells.
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Fifth Sense
Difficulty: 5In this activity, students will explore the five senses by performing a variety of activities.
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Difficulty: 4In this activity, students will construct a model ear to learn how different materials transmit sound.
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Let's Hear It For the Ears!
Difficulty: 3In this activity, students will explore the nature of human hearing by attempting to determine the location of coins dropping at different locations in a room. Then, they will design a hearing device to increase their sound-locating success.
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Perception Deception
Difficulty: 4In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the structure of the human eye and analyze and classify optical illusions.
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Rough Touch
Difficulty: 2In this activity, blindfolded students will use their sense of touch to organize materials according to texture.
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Touchy Subject
Difficulty: 2In this activity, blindfolded students will use their sense of touch to organize materials according to texture.
Access other monthly themes to spark ideas for your classroom.
Level of Difficulty Scale Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.