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Educators Guide 
 
    Discovery Labs Programs   FCAT Standards
  Grades K - 2  
       
  "Sow" Many Seeds"
What are seeds? Why do they need to travel? How do they get a new home? Students will learn about seeds, seed dispersal and then create and test their own "traveling" seeds.
 
  Sow Many Seeds

Strand B - Energy

Strand F - Processes of Life

Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment
  Marvelous Magnets
What makes something a magnet? How does a magnet work? Students will understand magnetism and use their knowledge to play magnetic games.
 
  Marvelous Magnets

Strand A - The Nature of Matter

Strand C - Force and Motion
  Crazy Camouflage
Students will explore the world of camouflage, color change and unique adaptations that help animals hide from their enemies.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Deep Sea 3D, Wild Safari 3D: A South
African Adventure • Exhibits - EcoScapes

 
  Crazy Camouflage

Strand G - How Living Things Interact
with their environment
       
   
     
  Live Demonstrations    
  Grades K - 2   FCAT Standards
       
  Rockin' Reptiles
What makes an animal a reptile? Do snakes have ears? What is a dewlap? Do reptiles have eyelids? Meet museum reptiles to learn the answers to these
questions and lots of fascinating facts about reptiles.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Galapagos 3D • Exhibits - Ecoscapes
.
 
  Rockin' Reptiles

Strand F - Processes of Life

Strand G - How Living Things Interact
with their environment
  Invisible Forces
Watch things float in space! See balloons bounce off nails! It’s not magic...it’s the effect of invisible forces. Join us for some fun with the invisible forces of
magnetism, pressure and gravity.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX film - Space Station 3D
 
  Invisible Forces

Strand C - Force and Motion
  Reef Rascals
Join us for a lesson about how sea creatures have adapted to their environment. Did you know that a sea star has cousins? Meet the entire sea star family and learn how they are related.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Coral Reef Adventure, Deep Sea 3D, Galapagos 3D, Sharks 3D • Exhibits - EcoScapes
  Reef Rascals

Strand F - Processes of Life

Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment
       
  Discovery Labs Programs    
  Grades 3-5   FCAT Standards
       
  Star Lab
Did you know that the night sky is one big picture book? Stargaze in our portable planetarium to learn about constellations and the stories told by different cultures as they view the same night sky.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Magnificent Desolation: A Walk on the Moon 3D, Space Station 3D • Exhibits - MarsQuest, Runways to Rockets: Our Place in Aerospace - Aviation Station
 
  Star Lab

Strand E - Earth and Space
  Our changing Earth
Our planet is continually moving and changing. Why does the earth move under our feet? How is the earth changing right now? Students will understand plate tectonics and its effects on our planet.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Forces of Nature
 
  Our Changing Earth


Strand D - Processes that Shape the Earth
  Science of Toys
Who thought science could be this much fun? In this hands-on lab, students will discover how simple children's toys can illustrate scientific concepts.
  Science of Toys

Strand C - Forces and Motion
       
  Live Demonstrations    
  Grades 3-5   FCAT Standards
       
  Mars: Our Next Door Neighbor

What is it about Mars that makes this planet so unique? Why is it called the Red Planet? Find out in this out-of-this-world demonstration.
 
  Mars: Our Next Door Neighbor

Strand E - Earth and Space
  May the force be with you!
How do we push a rocket into space? How do we roller skate? Enjoy exciting demonstrations that explain Newton’s laws of force and motion.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Space Station 3D, Magnificent Desolation: A Walk on the Moon 3D • Exhibits - Runways to Rockets: Our Place in Aerospace, MarsQuest
 
  May the force be with you!

Strand B - Energy

Strand C - Force and Motion

  Classified Information
Some animals have a spine, some don't. Meet our vertebrate and invertebrate animal ambassadors to learn about the ways these different animals live and grow.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Coral Reef Adventure, Galapagos 3D, Deep Sea 3D, Sharks 3D, Dinosaur Hunters 3D
  Classified Information

Strand F - Processes of Life

Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment

SC.G. 2.2.1, 2.2.3
  Discovery Labs Programs    
  Grades 6-8   FCAT Standards
       
  Microbes Mini Zoo
Do you know what lives in pond water?
Students will learn how to prepare and view slides so they can explore the microscopic world of plants and animals.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX film - Coral Reef Adventure, Deep Sea 3D
 
  Microbes Mini Zoo

Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment
  Science + Math = Art
Students will understand the reflection of light and combine their understanding with graphing to create unusual works of art that are indecipherable when viewed from a normal perspective.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with Exhibits -Runways to Rockets: Our Place In Aerospace
 
  Science + Math = Art

Strand B - Energy

Math Strands
Strand C: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Strand D - Algebraic Thinking
  Fantastic Fossils
How do scientists determine the age of fossils? How do fossils help us understand modern-day animals? Join us to uncover clues from the past.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous 3D, Whales, Galapagos 3D, Dinosaur Hunters 3D • Exhibit -
Dino-Might!
  Fantastic Fossils

Strand F - Processes of Life
Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment
       
  Live Demonstrations    
  Grades 6-8   FCAT Standards
       
  Animals of Egypt
Learn how animals survive in the inhospitable destert environment. Demonstrations will explain why camels are able to walk on sand.

Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX® films "Mysteries of Egypt" and "Mystery of the Nile."
 
  Animals of Egypt

Strand C - Force and Motion Strand G - How Living Things Interact with their Environment
  Learn to Fly
How do we escape Earth's gravity? Why do satellites stay in orbit? Find the answers in demonstrations about gravity, weightlessness and orbit. Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX film - Space Station 3D, Magnificent Desolation: A Walk on the Moon 3D • Exhibits - Runways to Rockets: Our Place In Aerospace Aviation Station and MarsQuest
 
  Learn to Fly!

Strand C - Force and Motion

  Zap, Crackle, Pop!
How do we generate electricity? What causes lightning? Watch as our Van de Graaff generator and Tesla coil help students understand electricity.
 
  Zap, Crackle, Pop!

Strand B - Energy

Strand C - Force and Motion
       
     
       
       
 
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