Students will work in cooperative groups to create an accurate arrangement of mirrors that work together to relay a laser beam from a Mars space station to Earth’s Mission Control, which will model utilizing satellites in space for communication, an accommodation necessary for manned space exploration.

Students will collaborate on a electronic slideshow presentation and observe, record, and describe the role of ecological succession including both primary and secondary succession.

Students will model the effects of human activity on watersheds.

Students model the path of digestion using household items.

Students will conduct an experiment to demonstrate force such as pushes and pulls.

Students will review the steps of the scientific method and conduct an investigation that involves sorting magnetic and nonmagnetic objects.

Students will explore biodiversity concepts through several activities including a video, a card sort, think-pair-shares, food webs, and four corners.

Students will explore sound energy by creating their own drums using a variety of materials. Then, students will listen for the loud and soft sounds that each of the drums creates.

Students will work in groups to complete an escape room challenge that replicates the process of gene expression.