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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).
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!
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.
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.
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.
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