Science Friday: Dead Bat Mystery

Whodunnit? Find out who killed Mr. Brooks through a logical examination of evidence. Class members fill out a couple of data tables to help them pin down the suspect. After they've figured out just who the culprit is, pupils compose...

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. For this research skills lesson, students research the death of Meriwether Lewis using forensic evidence presented in primary...

When engineer Tadd Truscott was in grad school, one of his classmates at MIT suggested they spin an egg in a puddle of milk and film it with a high-speed camera. What they saw was a tiny sprinkler system: the milk rose up the sides of...

A look beneath Earth's surface at what may be causing the planet's poles to wander back and forth.

Biologist Bonnie Baxter explains how Great Salt Lake was formed, and what it is like today. One half of the lake is much saltier, yet still supports microbes. These microbes, called halophiles, promise to give us insights into how to...

An audio lecture investigating whether science and God can coexist. Hear Aczel's discuss his latest book that chronicles the New Atheist movement, taking aim at scientists like Richard Dawkins.

Rachel Herz discusses her book That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion, and shares the origins of this general feeling of disgust as well as human attitudes toward gross things.

Do hidden dimensions exist in our universe -- or just in science fiction? We'll talk cosmic mysteries with physicist Lisa Randall.

Students investigate the mystery of Stonehenge. In this Stonehenge instructional activity, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to research information about Stonehenge as well as information regarding...

Students role play the position of a scientist to gather information on Meriwether Lewis' death. They discover what he did after the famous expedition and how centuries affect the study of a body. They share their information with the...