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Ask A Biologist: Coloring Pages and Worksheets
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Here is a way to have fun coloring while learning about the living world. These coloring pages and worksheets feature different areas of biology as well as fun facts.

Ask A Biologist: A Nervous Experiment
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How do you know when your hand touches something? How do you know if something brushes against your shoulder?

Ask A Biologist: Breaking Proteins
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In this activity, we will use common household products or processes to denature egg proteins in two main ways—by cooking them, and by exposing them to concentrated alcohol (ethanol).

Ask A Biologist: Catch and Sketch Plankton
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This activity will have you exploring the tiny watery world of plankton using only a piece of paper and a pencil.

Ask A Biologist: Collecting Ants
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There are several different ways to get ants for an ant farm, depending on when you would like to start the farm and how long you would like for your ant farm to last.

Ask A Biologist: Composting
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Composting can be used to make nutrient-rich material for your garden.

Ask A Biologist: Cutting Out Brain Tumors
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In this activity, students will be doing a basic simulation of brain surgery to remove a tumor.

Ask A Biologist: Dr. Biology's Virtual Pocket Seed Experiment
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Seed germination activities are a long-time favorite of educators. One of the classic seed experiments uses a resealable plastic bag, a paper towel or napkin, seeds and water.

Ask A Biologist: Hummingbird Lunch
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In this activity, you will set up feeders of different colors and measure how much nectar hummingbirds drink from the different feeders.

Ask A Biologist: It’s a Plankton Eat Plankton World
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This activity is a great way to show students how complex food webs are.

Ask A Biologist: Let the Germs Begin
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This activity introduces students to pathogens or “germs” and how they are transmitted. 

Ask A Biologist: Life of the Leafcutter
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Ants are great examples of how individuals in a group can work together to protect the survival of the community.

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