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This collection of activities and background information discusses how your muscles work at the cellular level, helping you understand what makes the muscles of your body contract. The Fatigued Fingers...
PDF File: 3 Mb
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This graphic-rich Web site explores the science of hockey, starting with the chemistry of ice, how ice is made and why it's slippery. The body mechanics of skating are covered, as well as the reaction...
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Postsecondary
This article and activity demonstrate how your muscles work.
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A Web site that explores how imagery--from low-tech sketches to high-tech MRIs--affects the way we look at our bodies. A provocative and offbeat mix of Webcasts, multimedia, and text, this site takes...
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Postsecondary
This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for exploring the basis of lactose intolerance by testing for the presence of glucose in regular milk and in milk to which the enzyme lactase has been...
HTML Document: 17 kb
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This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for observing the blood vessels of the retina.
HTML Document: 5 kb
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An ordinary chicken egg allows you to explore the movement of materials into and out of a cell. Instructions explain how to dissolve the shell of an egg. The membrane that surrounds the de-shelled egg...
PDF File: 2 Mb
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This online exhibit shows three aural illusions--the Shepard Scale, the Tritone Paradox, and the Risset Scale. The three illusions, by showing how hard it is to figure out which tone is higher, demonstrate...
HTML Document: 706 bytes
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Postsecondary
This activity provides instructions for using your worn shoe soles to reveal whether your feet roll excessively from side to side as you walk.
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This activity provides instructions for detecting misalignments of the hips and knees.
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