Departmental Badges
Complete activities about birds to earn this badge.
10 Steps
- Make a paper crane
- Watch Migration Sensation video
- Watch Dr. Ketterson video
- Play Bird Bingo
- Complete Exploring Behavior with our Feathered Friends Part 1
- Watch bird observation video
- Complete Exploring Behavior with our Feathered Friends Part 2
- Watch bird aggression video
- Download the Bird Field Guide
- Use your Bird Field Guide in the wild
Complete activities from various IU Libraries to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Download the Slocum Puzzle Collection Trihexaflexagon
- Make your own Flexagon
- Complete the Scavenger Hunt Through the Bookshelves
- Escape the locked library
Complete plant-based biology activities to score this badge.
5 Steps
- Take IU Greenhouse tour
- Watch Plants and Their Microbial Partners video
- Complete What Do Microbes Do For Plant Growth experiment
- Watch Plants Get Sick Too video
- Complete the Create Your Own Plant Pathogen activity
Complete all chemistry activities to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Watch the Molecular Structure Center tour
- Watch the Electron Microscopy Tour
- Complete At Home DNA Extraction lab experiment
- Watch Tour of IU Glass Shop
A badge for code-cracking mathematicians.
3 Steps
- Download the decoder worksheet inSecret Codes Part 1
- Complete Part 1 Activities
- Answer Part 2 Challenge Questions
Watch select Roving Naturalist videos to earn this badge.
5 Steps
- Watch Queen Anne’s Lace video
- Watch Purple Coneflower video
- Watch Elderberry vs Pokeberry video
- Watch Goldenrod video
- Watch Jewelweed video
Complete critter-oriented biology activities to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Watch Ectopic Eye Development video
- Watch Bee Development video
- Watch the Bee Larvae video
- Complete Bee Development activities
Complete speech & hearing activities to become a Hear-O.
5 Steps
- Watch Can you hear these sounds? video
- Take Determining Noise Levels quiz
- Watch Hearing and How it Works video
- Take Hearing and How it Works quiz
- Watch Experiencing Hearing Loss video
Complete all Health Academy activities to earn this badge.
8 Steps
- Watch Health Academy Part 1 physical activity video
- Join us for Exercise on the High Seas
- Download the Spell Your Name worksheet
- Spell your Name with Exercise
- Watch Healthy Eating video in Health Academy Part 2
- Get active with our Health Academy Part 2 exercise video
- Make your own MyPlate
- Test your COVID-19 Knowledge in Health Academy Part 3
Archaeology and anthropology activities for fortune and glory!
4 Steps
- Make a science notebook
- Download Music: Science and Culture worksheets
- Complete Music: Science and Culture worksheets
- Make an instrument
Complete motor neuron activities Parts 1 & 2 to earn this badge.
3 Steps
- Build a neuron with playdough
- Watch the electric fish demonstration
- Complete the electric fish activity
Grab and adult and conduct some experiments at home!
Learn about the science behind the colors we see.
5 Steps
- Watch Coloring with Nanoparticles
- Try the nanoparticle color mapping app
- Watch Colored Fire with Metal Salts video
- Complete Groovy Patterns and Surface Tension experiment
- Watch Changing the Color of a Light Emitting Diode video
Complete all EARTHQUAKE! activities to earn this badge.
8 Steps
- Watch Earthquake! Part 1 Introduction video
- Watch Earthquake! Part 1 Seismograph video
- Watch Earthquake Part 2 video
- Take the Earthquake! Part 2 quiz
- Download Earthquake! Part 3 map
- Complete Step 1 of Earthquake! Part 3 activity
- Complete Steps 2 & 3 of Earthquake! Part 3 activity
- Take the Earthquake! Part 3 quiz
Uncover the mysteries of different materials to earn this badge.
5 Steps
- Complete Part 1 of Post-It Adhesive Strength
- Complete Part 2 of Post-It Adhesive Strength
- Watch Ohm’s Law Demonstration
- Watch Molecular Machines video
- Watch Converting Mechanical Energy to Electricity video
Complete select microbiology activities to earn this badge.
7 Steps
- Watch The Wild Journey of a Bacterial Cell video
- Make a Bacteriophage
- Watch Illuminating Science: Quorum Sensing video
- Watch Flow Cytometry video
- Complete Flow Cytometry cell sorting activity
- Download Friends Come in All Sizes booklet
- Complete Friends Come in All Sizes activity
Complete select psychological & brain sciences activities.
5 Steps
- Watch See how Scientists Peek in on the Brain at Work video
- Watch Playing a Game Causes Changes in the Brain? video
- Take the Stroop Test
- Watch the Optical Illusion Fun video
- Watch I Love You with All of My Brain
Complete all Secret Language of Mice activities.
Complete select physics activities to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Watch Physics Grad Student: Ashley
- Watch Physics Grad Student: Blake
- Watch Physics Grad Student: Erin
- Watch Subatomic Swirls video
Watch all “Day in the Life” of a Biology Grad Student videos.
Complete earth + atmospheric sciences activities about rivers.
4 Steps
- Watch McCormick’s Creek State Park video
- Finish exploring the McCormick’s Creek State Park virtual field trip
- Watch What Happens When a Dam Breaks video
- Take the How do Rivers Work? quiz
Watch Day in the Life of an Earth + Environmental Scientist videos.
Complete the astronomy activities below to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Try to build a habitable planet
- Color your own space image
- Test out the Drake Equation
- Take the Solar System Quiz
Complete advanced optometry activities to become a Visionary.
4 Steps
- Download the braille worksheet
- Make your own braille alphabet
- Watch Anatomy of Eye video
- Take the Eye Anatomy Quiz
Complete junior-level optometry activities to earn this badge.
4 Steps
- Watch My Eye Exam video
- Answer My Eye Exam questions
- Watch The Dr. Binocs Show
- Make a paper plate eyeball
Interdepartmental Badges
Color at least 10 Science Fest downloadable coloring pages.
Enter your best Science Fest art in our coloring contest to earn.
Make lots of science-y stuff to earn this badge!
Learn to protect biodiversity on our planet.
Winners of our Coloring Contest will score this rare badge!
Play science games and puzzles to earn this badge.