Examine human body systems and their interactions; discover how systems are organized.
Explore characteristics of organisms, structures, and functions of an assortment of animals.
Explore the structure and function of human digestive, respiratory, and skeletal systems.
By investigating inertia, gravity, and centripetal force, learn how planets stay in orbit!
Use critical thinking skills while testing variables to learn what a bubble is, what makes it last, and what makes it burst.
Learn how to determine the presence and type of static charge in a body and how to transfer the charge or store it.
Discover how levers we use every day allow us to change the position and motion of objects.
Grow real crystals and test variables to learn how to measure and record what affects their growth.
Student astronomers solve mysteries about the moon's revolution and rotation and the origins of its features.
Young detectives collect, record, and analyze data as they examine various materials.
Make scale models to show relative size and distance.
Each Cluster Kit is a thematic science unit that includes materials and activities from 4 to 6 related Nutshell titles.
Explore how electrical energy is transferred.
Discover the properties of magnets and make an electromagnetic field!
Test how the variables of distance, weight, size, mass, and resistance affect energy.
Explore the forces of gravity and air pressure and Newton's 3rd law of motion.
Discover why plants produce many seeds, explore how roots, stems, leaves, and flowers function, and explore diversity among plants
Study authentic fossils. Create a mold, then cast and trace new "fossils." Discover how ice functions as a preservative.
See how gases take up space and have mass.
Investigate gear systems and learn how gears interact to transfer force and motion.
Observe the characteristics of living things and find out what types of environments help organisms grow and reproduce.
Investigate properties of liquids, such as their tendency to flow, viscosity, and whether they are miscible.
Identify magnetic materials, and investigate polar strength.
Observe tiny organisms and explore their environments and their needs.
Explore how aquatic plants and animals are adapted to survive in their environments.
Model the physical features of oceans; find out about waves, currents, and tides.
Investigate heredity; build models of cells, chromosomes, and genes.
Explore Earth processes and what causes changes in Earth's surface.
Discover the differences between physical and chemical changes.
Find out about our solar system's place in the universe.
Learn how streams and ponds form and what habitats they contain.
Test variables to gain an understanding of how pulleys and pulley systems help us do work.
Investigate how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are formed.
Test different variables to determine the best growing conditions.
Observe cells and their structures, similarities of features ,and behaviors of small organisms.
Test variables to explore the receptors of the skin and show how our body systems communicate.
Examine different types of soil and determine their composition and properties.
Explore properties of solids, such as shape, hardness, density, elasticity, and magnetic attraction. Separate mixtures, see how temperatures affect solids, and more!
Compare different sounds; discover the vibrations and frequency of sounds.
Investigate the human body systems, how they work together and the link between health and nutrition.
Learn how our bones, muscles, and joints work together.
Explore body systems that contain vision and hearing receptors.
Investigate different aspects of the water cycle, and watch how water cycles through a closed environment.
Explore water and its properties and observe how water behaves in the environment.
Record weather changes, clouds, and atmospheric movement.
Test different types and properties of wheels, explore both rotating wheels and wheel-and-axle units, show how wheels transfer energy, and design a working wheeled machine.
Investigate inclined planes, screws, and wedges. Calculate data and use graphs to record work.