Lab-Aids: Color and Spectrum Module (no Light Stations) During the seven activities in this module, students use diffraction gratings and make a spectroscope to separate, describe, and understand the spectrum of light from a variety of sources. They also learn that...
Lab-Aids: Reflection and Refraction Module (no Light Stations) At the start of this nine activity module, students explore plane and curved mirrors, discover the rule for reflection of light, and track light beams to understand mirror images. They then use lenses...
Lab-Aids: Force and Motion Kit The Force and Motion module, designed by professors at the University of Kentucky, provides concrete experiences and an inquiry-based route to learning about Newton's laws of motion. This modules activities are designed to build understanding of...
Lab-Aids: Color and Spectrum Extension Materials Package (no Light Stations) This extension package allows you to do all the activities in the LAB-P120 Color and Spectrum module if you also have the materials from LAB-P110 Investigating Light module. This LAB-P120A module...
Lab-Aids: Reflection and Refraction Extension Materials Package (no Light Stations) This extension package allows you to do all the activities in module LAB-P130 Reflection and Refraction if you also have the materials from module LAB-P110 Investigating Light. This module should only...
Lab-Aids:‚ Density - Understanding Through Experimental Design Kit This kit helps students understand density as an intrinsic quality of matter that remains the same regardless of sample attributes such as size, shape, and color. Equally important, students also practice the fundamentals...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Light Module (no Light Stations) Kit Shadows are almost always present, but most of us haven„¢t ever stopped to interpret them as evidence of light„¢s varied interactions with matter. The six activities in this module allow students to explore...
Lab-Aids: Four Complete‚ Light Stations The LAB-AIDS‚® Light Station is a safe, compact, easy-to-use light source, suitable for use in middle and high schools. It provides a cost-effective way for your students to study light and its interactions with matter. The light...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Alternative Energy: Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Kit This six activity module focuses on hydrogen fuel cell technology as one potential solution to energy concerns. Students first consider some trade-offs of using various fuels, including hydrogen, for powering vehicles then...
Lab-Aids: Recyclable Plastics - Identification Using Relative Density and Flammability Kit Besides having students identify polymers, this lab activity can be used as an enrichment unit on density. Students use specially designed trays to identify recyclable plastics by determining their relative...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Alternative Energy - Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Expand-A-Kit
This EXPAND-A-KIT package when added to the base Investigating Alternative Energy: Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Kit LAB-P310 (pictured) provides enough materials for one additional group of 4 students.
Lab-Aids: Simulated AIDS and STD Transmission and Control Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish This kit presents an outstanding simulation of how diseases can be transmitted through the exchange of "body fluids." This very relevant hands-on activity illustrates how easily sexually transmitted diseases...
Lab-Aids: Simulated AIDS and STD Transmission and Control Kit This kit presents an outstanding simulation of how diseases can be transmitted through the exchange of "body fluids." This very relevant hands-on activity illustrates how easily sexually transmitted diseases such as Hepatitis...
Lab-Aids: DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics (Replication, PCR and RFLP) Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish This timely bilingual English/Spanish Lab-Aid introduces biotechnology, forensic science, or AP Biology students to the concepts of DNA replication and how it relates to PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and...
Lab-Aids: DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics (Replication, PCR and RFLP) Kit This timely Lab-Aid introduces biotechnology, forensic science, or AP Biology students to the concepts of DNA replication and how it relates to PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism)...
Lab-Aids: Forensic Science - Introduction to DNA Fingerprinting Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish Students get a real feel for what it takes to be a modern-day detective in this basic introduction to forensic science. The first activity begins with a crime scene...
Lab-Aids: Qualitative Introduction to Water Pollution What are some common causes of water pollution in today's world? Organic waste from sewage Industrial chemicals dumped into ground water Rain contamination by air pollution Fertilizers and pesticides washed into water from farmlands This...
Lab-Aids: Forensic Science - Introduction to DNA Fingerprinting Kit Students get a real feel for what it takes to be a modern-day detective in this basic introduction to forensic science. The first activity begins with a crime scene and the identification...
Lab-Aids:‚ Biofuels - Investigating Ethanol Production and Combustion Kit This LAB-AIDS‚® kit is designed for use with six groups of four, or at most five, students. If your classes have more students than this kit is designed to accommodate, you can...
Lab-Aids: Qualitative Introduction to Water Pollution Bilingual English/Spanish What are some common causes of water pollution in today's world? Organic waste from sewage‚ Industrial chemicals dumped into ground water‚ Rain contamination by air pollution‚ Fertilizers and pesticides washed into water from...
Lab-Aids: DNA/RNA Protein Synthesis Modeling Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish Demystify the DNA/RNA connection in protein synthesis. This bilingual English/Spanish hands-on modeling approach makes the complex chemistry of DNA/RNA protein synthesis easily understood! The kit includes twelve packets of color-coded molecular model...
Lab-Aids: DNA/RNA Protein Synthesis Modeling Kit Demystify the DNA/RNA connection in protein synthesis. This hands-on modeling approach makes the complex chemistry of DNA/RNA protein synthesis easily understood! The kit includes twelve packets of color-coded molecular model components. Following step-by-step directions, students...
Lab-Aids: Normal Mitosis Kit Using this outstanding kit, students will be challenged as they: Identify the phases of plant mitosis Observe chromosomal development Gain hands-on experience with the micro-techniques Stain and mount their own slides Students prepare their own plant cells...
Lab-Aids:‚ Chemiluminescence Student Activity Kit Using this Lab-Aid, students conduct a series of simple, safe and dramatic activities that produce light energy (chemiluminescence). They are introduced to an oxidation-reduction reaction as well as rates of reaction. Students also calculate the ratios...
Lab-Aids: Mineral Structure - Cleavage and Fracture Experiment Kit This engaging activity is used to help students identify minerals by their physical properties of cleavage and fracture. Mineral samples (included) are used to show cleavage in one, two, three, four, and...
Lab-Aids: Two Complete‚ Lab-Aids‚ Light Stations The LAB-AIDS‚® Light Station is a safe, compact, easy-to-use light source, suitable for use in middle and high schools. It provides a cost-effective way for your students to study light and its interactions with matter. The...
Lab-Aids: Energy Transfer - Motors, Generators and Sources of Electricity Kit Students explore the relationship between, and practical applications of, electricity and magnets. They use a battery, a magnet and a coiled wire to build a simple electric motor and then...
Lab-Aids: Investigating Light - The Visible Spectrum (Station approach) Kit Working at this station, students use diffraction gratings and build a spectroscope to investigate the spectra of different light sources. They then gather evidence that shows that when different light sources...
Lab-Aids: Reading River Sediments - A Simulated Mineral Exploration Activity Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish This outstanding and engaging Lab-Aid provides a series of "hands-on" activities allowing students to apply key earth science concepts. Students conduct a mineral exploration which simulates real-life...
Lab-Aids: Reading River Sediments - A Simulated Mineral Exploration Activity Kit This outstanding and engaging Lab-Aid provides a series of "hands-on" activities allowing students to apply key earth science concepts. Students conduct a mineral exploration which simulates real-life economic, societal and...
Lab-Aids: Using Remote Sensing to Determine Topography Kit Students are introduced to remote sensing through a hands-on activity that allows them to collect data about concealed landforms then use it to create visualizations of the landforms. Each student group collects data...
Lab-Aids: Modeling Stream Erosion and Deposition Kit Student groups use a LAB-AIDS‚® Mini Stream Table to investigate the dynamics of stream erosion and deposition. Using specially engineered materials students create, observe, describe, and interpret the erosional and depositional patterns created when...
Lab-Aids: Solid Alcohol & Esterification (Organic Chemistry) Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish In this Lab-Aid, students synthesize chemical substances that are normally found in nature. The four lab activities create a bridge from organic chemical concepts to their practical applications. Students first...
Lab-Aids: Solid Alcohol & Esterification (Organic Chemistry) Kit In this Lab-Aid, students synthesize chemical substances that are normally found in nature. The four lab activities create a bridge from organic chemical concepts to their practical applications. Students first make their own...
Lab-Aids: Investigating the Design & Output of Wet Cell Batteries Kit This kit introduces students to the concept of energy conversion through the study of a simple electrochemical cell connected to an electric motor. Electrochemical cells are the basis for batteries...
Lab-Aids: Simulated Urinalysis Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish Watch any athletic event on TV and the subject of testing for banned substances will always be discussed in some form of fashion. So how do you teach the basics of urinalysis in the...