New Year, New Bread About this lesson People all over the world keep sourdough starters – and over 500 have shared theirs with us, as part of the global citizen science Sourdough Project. Now that we know which microbes make your starters unique, we have a new challenge for you: we’d like you all [...]| Students Discover
Sourdough for Science This project is appropriate for participants of all ages, and can be completed at home or in a classroom. Download Teacher Guide! About this activity Humans have baked bread for over 10,000 years. All over the world, different cultures bake their own unique breads – and have for [...]| Students Discover
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Ant Picnic Data Discovery Grades K-5, 6-8 or 9-12 2-3 hours Biology / Math / Statistics Download TEACHER GUIDE Introduction to Ant Picnic Data Analysis https://youtu.be/pIVOTzcmsZo About this activity Scientists always collect and record data when they conduct experiments. In science [...]| Students Discover
Ant Picnic Grade levels K-5 or 6-12 2-3 hours Biology / Ecology Download Teacher Guide Welcome to Ant Picnic About this lesson Are ants always ruining your picnic? Have you ever noticed that some ants are drawn to your potato chips [...]| Students Discover
El gran proyecto de la calabaza El misterio de las abejas desaparecidas y las calabazas y pepinos enfermos. Acerca de la lección See Page in English Estamos documentando los insectos y microbios que visitan todas las plantas de cucurbitáceas, incluyendo calabazas (que son nativas del continente Americano) y pepinos (nativos de Asia). Estas plantas [...]| Students Discover
El Proyecto Chile An International project to survey the pollinators of chili plants. About this lesson We are interested in learning what insects are pollinating the flowers of chili plants. Participants in this project will photograph pollinators seen at flowers on chili plants so that scientists can finally identify what insects are coming to [...]| Students Discover
The Chili Project An International project to survey the pollinators of chili plants. About this lesson We are interested in learning what insects are pollinating the flowers of chili plants. Participants in this project will photograph pollinators seen at flowers on chili plants so that scientists can finally identify what insects are coming to the [...]| Students Discover
Discovering Extinct Ecosystems in the Classroom About this lesson Sharks are an extremely interesting group of animals to study and the abundance of their teeth in the fossil record make them excellent for studies of ancient ecology. We can also use their teeth as a tool for studying many other aspects of [...]| Students Discover
Invisible Pathogens Grades 8-12 Three hours Microbiology About this lesson In this lesson, students will have an opportunity to isolate fungal morphospecies by plating ants on agar gel. They will then be able to submit their findings to a scientist and connect their experience to [...]| Students Discover
The Great Pumpkin Project The mystery of the missing bees and sick pumpkins and cucumbers About this lesson En Español We are documenting the insects and microbes that visit all cucurbit plants, including pumpkins (which are native to the Americas) and cucumbers (which are native to Asia). These plants are now grown and enjoyed throughout the [...]| Students Discover
A Diversity of Guts High School/University 1.5 hours per animal Anatomy About this lesson At the end of the dark ages, anatomy was taught as though everything that could be known was known. Scholars learned about what had been discovered rather than how to make discoveries. [...]| Students Discover
Bee Germs Project All levels One hour Urban Ecology About this lesson The “Bee Germs” project is focusing on learning more about bees that live underground. We know very little about bees that make their homes underfoot; by learning more about their germs (or pathogens) we [...]| Students Discover
Invasive Mosquito Project All levels 1-2 weeks Urban Ecology About this lesson In order to get a census of invasive mosquito populations, students are asked to collect eggs and send the eggs to the USDA. Doing so will give the USDA a good figure of invasive [...]| Students Discover
Pieris Project All levels 1-3 hours Entomology, Agriculture About this lesson Catch and send us a few cabbage white butterflies, we sequence their DNA, capture their phenotype (photograph their wings), and together we’ll learn how this butterfly spread across the planet and is responding to changes [...]| Students Discover
Urban Buzz: Citizen Science with Cicadas Any Grade Level Less than 1 Hour Urban Ecology About this lesson At any given moment we’ve got animals living under our feet – some of them for 17 years at a| Students Discover
