Life Sciences Learning Center

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝

Our Disappearing Bees lesson explores how the loss of bees will affect our food supply and what we can do to protect and other pollinators.

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March is National Kidney Month - an initiative to raise awareness about kidney health.

The lessons in our "Kidney Crisis" collection use real-life scenarios and hands-on activities for students to explore kidney function, kidney disease, kidney dialysis, and kidney transplantation.

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It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week!

Invasive species are non-native plants, animals, and microorganisms that can harm the environment or human health.

Our "Mosquito Invasion" lesson investigates why invasive mosquitoes are spreading and causing diseases.

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We had so much fun with students in their Science Outreach to All class. They explored our SEPA - Science Education Partnership Award lessons and learned how we "simulate science" using simple, hands-on activities that promote learning of complex biological concepts.