Make your own beautiful, full-color images of space! Counts toward Space Cadet badge.
Geologic Time and Paleontology Game
Download and print a geologic timescale and a set of ancient animal cards and use the clues to put the ancient life in the time period where it belongs. Counts toward Science Gamer badge.
Honey Bee Development
How do these important insects grow from tiny eggs to powerful pollinators? Counts toward Grub Scout badge.
Geology Coloring Pages
Twelve geology-themed coloring pages from Indiana Geological and Water Survey to spark your geotivity!
A Visit with the Giants
A tour of some of the Research and Teaching Preserve’s largest trees. Counts toward Eco Warrior badge.
IU Greenhouse
Take a virtual tour of the beloved Biology Building Greenhouse on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. Enjoy beautiful photographs and fun facts for some of our special plants as you virtually wander through the peaceful conservatory rooms. Counts toward Botany Buff badge.
Motor Neurons Part 1 – Build a Neuron with Playdough
Step-by-step instruction on building a neuron with playdough (includes recipe to make your own playdough). Counts toward Junior Ethologist badge.
Restoring Biodiversity with the BUWP
Learn about biodiversity, ecosystem services, and green infrastructure with the Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project.
Citizen Science: Tree Leaf Monitoring
Go outside and make observations of tree leaf color and life stage. Counts toward Eco Warrior badge.
Coloring Our Feathered Friends
Coloring pages showcasing bird behavior.
The Wild Journey of a Bacterial Cell
Follow a bacterial cell in this amazing animated adventure by IU Biology professor & microbiologist Jake McKinlay, then color your own bacterial adventures. Counts toward Micro Hero badge.
Illuminating Science: Quorum Sensing
Learn how bacteria communicate with each other to accomplish group behaviors. Counts toward Micro Hero badge.
EARTHQUAKE! Part 1
Start off your adventure learning about seismology with an introductory video from IU EAS graduate student Elizabeth Sherrill and a video about how seismometers work by seismologist Dr. Michael Hamburger. Counts toward Master of Disaster badge.
Biology Coloring Pages
These coloring pages pertain to biology subjects like photosynthesis, evolution and Darwin, wearing a mask to fight COVID-19, and the animal cell.
For the Birds
Watch Eva Cusack and friends catching, banding, and releasing birds to collect important data. Counts toward Eco Warrior badge.
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Coloring Pages
Download these coloring pages showcasing the diverse range of earth and atmospheric science disciplines!
Weathering at McCormick’s Creek State Park
Join IU EAS faculty member, Dr. Andrea Stevens Goddard, on a virtual field trip to McCormick’s Creek State Park to look at how different types of rock weather over time. Counts toward River Ranger badge.
Health Academy Part 2: Balanced Eating and your Health
What makes up a healthy diet, and how does this lead to better health? Let’s watch our student nurses explain MyPlate with IU Health GOAL and learn how to create your own. Counts toward Hot Shot badge.
Lilly Library Science Fest Coloring Book
Color prints from the collections of the Lilly Library.
Make a Brain Hat
Coloring and craft fun with your brain. When you are finished, you can wear a brain on the outside of your head!
Motor Neuron Coloring Page
Color a neuron!
School of Nursing Health Academy
A downloadable coloring page that shows various different nurses tools that are used in a health screening.
Flow Cytometry
Take a virtual tour of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility and learn how we use this technology to measure tiny things like bacteria, plant pollen, and cancer cells. Then make the concepts of flow cytometry into game by pretending that small colorful objects you find around your home are “cells”! Counts toward Micro Hero badge.
Secret Codes – Part 2
Test your permutation cipher know-how. Counts toward Cipher Seeker badge.
Brood X: Back to Bloomington in 2021
These periodical cicadas won’t be back in Bloomington until 2034 & 2038!
EARTHQUAKE! Part 2
Part two of our introduction to seismology series is all about location, location, location! Counts toward Master of Disaster badge.
The Secret Language of Mice: Introduction
Learn how mouse communication compares to human communication. Counts toward Mouse Whisperer badge.
The Drake Equation
Ever wonder if humans are alone in the Universe? We can estimate how many intelligent civilizations exist in the Universe by approximating different variables! This app estimates the number of intelligent civilizations based on the guesses you give it. Counts toward Space Cadet badge.
Hoosier Geology Quiz
Test your knowledge of Indiana’s rocks, fossils, and geologic history.
Make your own Science Notebook
Make a 3-hole pamphlet stitch notebook. Counts toward Indiana Pwns badge.
Solar System Coloring Page
Let your creativity shine through with our coloring page of the planets of the solar system!
Knowledge Quiz Sample + Instructions
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ATLAS Experiment Coloring Book
Learn what it’s like to work in the ATLAS collaboration by exploring the ATLAS Coloring Book.
Experiencing Hearing Loss
Want to know what it speech sounds like when you have hearing loss? Watch this video to find out! Counts toward Hear-O badge.
Music: Science and Culture
Explore the science behind the music you hear, learn more about cultural aspects of music, and build your own instruments. Counts toward Indiana Pwns badge.
Make your own Playdough
Ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 cup water 2 teaspoons cream of tarter 1/3 cup salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Gel food coloring Instructions (Stovetop): Mix together all the ingredients, except the food coloring, in a medium saucepan. Cook over low/medium heat, stirring. Once it begins to thicken, add the food coloring. Continue stirring until the […]
VOLCANO!
Our trash can volcano eruptions are a highlight of Science Fest every year! This video explains the basics of volcanoes and how a trash can volcano can serve as a model for real-life volcanoes. Counts toward Rock Star badge.
Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project
Learn about biodiversity, ecosystem services, and green infrastructure with BUWP. Counts toward Eco Warrior badge.
Psychology and Brain Sciences Puzzles + Coloring Pages
Coloring Pages Word Search Crossword Puzzle Brain Maze
Microbiology Coloring Pages
Do you want to know more about Microbiology? Print out these coloring pages to explore Microbiology research at IU and learn fun facts!
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: Plants and Their Microbial Partners
How do microbes on the surface of seeds affect plant growth? Find out with this hands-on experiment. Counts toward Botany Buff badge.
Braille Alphabet
In this activity, you will create your own braille alphabet with just paper and glue. You can use this to feel and memorize the braille alphabet! Counts toward Visionary badge.
The Secret Language of Mice: Choose your own Adventure
A clickable story game where you can play as a mouse and interact with another mouse, making decisions along the way that impact the outcome of the story! Counts toward Mouse Whisperer and Science Gamer badges.
A Puzzle For Your Thoughts?
From the Lilly Library, make the Slocum Puzzle Collection trihexaflexagon puzzle. Counts toward Bibliomancer Badge.
Bacterial Viruses
Make a paper model of a virus that makes bacteria sick. Learn about the differences between bacteria and viruses and the potential of using viruses to cure disease. Counts toward Micro Hero and Crafty Scientist badges.
Science Libraries Coloring Pages
Explore your creative side with two coloring pages created by the Sciences Library and share your creations with us!
Plants Get Sick Too
Put yourself in the shoes of a plant pathologist and go on a mission to find “new plant pathogens” out in nature! Counts toward Botany Buff badge.
Motor Neurons Part 2 – Electric Fish Demonstration
Learn about how weakly electric fish from South America use specialized motor neurons to communicate with one another! Counts toward Junior Ethologist badge.
Solar System Quiz
How well do you know the planets of the Solar System? Answer these 5 questions to show you know your stuff! Counts toward Space Cadet badge.
The Secret Language of Mice: How Does Isolation Change Communication?
Decoding the secret language of mice helps us understand how our communication changes after social isolation. Counts toward Mouse Whisperer badge.
Personality Quiz Sample + Instructions
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What Happens When a Dam Breaks?
Get a birds eye view of the aftermath of the Edenville and Sanford dam failures courtesy of Earth and Atmospheric Science drone pilot Steve Scott. Counts toward River Ranger badge.
Test Activities
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How do Rivers Work?
Watch rivers evolve in real time in these small-scale physical experiments. Counts toward River Ranger badge.
Exploring Behavior with Our Feathered Friends – Part 1
Watch up-close videos of tree swallows in action and follow along with activities that teach some of the techniques scientists use to help understand how and why animals do what they do. Counts toward Avian Ace badge.
Coloring with Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles of the same material can take on different colors just by changing their size and shape. Modify the shape and size of nanoparticles to color with different digital “nanoparticle solutions”. Counts toward Mage of Colors badge.
Secret Codes – Part 1
Learn about permutation ciphers! Counts toward Cipher Seeker badge.
Wear Hearing Protection
How to protect your hearing
EARTHQUAKE! Part 3
Part three of our introduction to seismology series is an exercise about the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale which is used by seismologists to determine the magnitude and epicenter of earthquakes of the past. Counts toward Master of Disaster badge.
Exploring Behavior with Our Feathered Friends – Part 2
See a pair of tree swallows attacking a fake (decoy) tree swallow that’s been placed at the entrance to their nestbox. Scientists use these fake intrusions to measure aggressiveness in the territory-owning birds. Counts toward Avian Ace badge.
“What is a Material?” Coloring Book
Come read and color our coloring book titled, “What is a Material?” You will learn about different types of materials all around you!
Chemistry Magic Show
Look on as the Evil League of Evil have their annual meeting to discuss how to take over the world! Watch the zany demonstrations and listen to the bad jokes.
Virtual Escape Room
Welcome to the Locked Library Escape Room! Travel through the library looking for clues, solving puzzles, and answers riddles to escape the library before morning. Counts toward Bibliomancer and Science Gamer badges.
Friends Come in All Sizes
Read and color this short story to learn about the mutually beneficial relationship between small, soil-dwelling worms and their bacterial partners. Counts toward Micro Hero badge.
Speech & Hearing Coloring Pages
Celebrate the Sounds of Your Life! Protect your ears. If the noise is too loud, walk away, turn it down (Turn it to the Left), or use ear plugs. Materials Checklist Printed Coloring Pages Crayons, colored pencils etc.
IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Coloring Pages
Coloring pages featuring excavation, surveying, and photography.
Ectopic Eyes on Fruit Flies
How does a cell decide to be an eye? Counts toward Grub Scout badge.
Health Academy Part 3: COVID-19, Vaccines, and your Health
Learn about safety best practices you should adopt for your health during this pandemic. Plus, learn about COVID-19 research at IU. Counts toward Hot Shot badge.
Planet Temperature Calculator
Want to know what it takes to make a planet habitable? Counts toward Space Cadet badge.
Forensics Frenzy – Detective Simulation
Join the Science Outreach Society for a fun forensics activity! A shell has disappeared from the Biology Building. Use your detective skills to figure out, “Who done it?” Counts toward Science Gamer badge.
Audiology Puzzles
Test your audiology knowledge with our crossword puzzle, word find, and dot-to-dot. Counts toward Science Gamer badge.
Hoosier Resilience Heroes
Color your way to resilience!
The Secret Language of Mice: How a Mouse Hears High Frequencies
Click through an interactive investigation to learn about the secret language of mice, and what our ears have to do with it. Counts toward Mouse Whisperer badge.
Migration Sensation
Enjoy the autumn bird migration with videos and activities from the Ketterson Lab! Counts toward Avian Ace badge.
Indiana Bird Field Guide
Assemble this guide, become familiar with some local feathered friends, and then head outdoors to record the birds that you see. Counts toward Avian Ace badge.
Meet Little John the Tortoise
Little John might be staying home for this year’s Science Fest but that does not mean you can’t learn more about him! Can you guess how much he weighs and what he eats?
Health Academy Part 1: Physical Activity and your Health
Join the IU School of Nursing and IU Health GOAL program as we discuss the importance of physical activity and your health. Counts toward Hot Shot badge.
My Eye Exam
See how fun and easy an eye exam can be! Counts toward Junior Visionary badge.