Welcome to Aperture Laboratories

Our researchers work hard to produce graspable, meaningful data for students of the Natural Sciences. 

🔬 Indicates that the activity requires laboratory equipment and student collection of data.
🌎 Indicates that the activity includes a web-based simulation or resource. Note that this may require Flash and/or Java

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• Life Sciences Division
• Physical Sciences Division
• Earth and Space Division
• Research and Development

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Structure and function

DNA to Protein

Mitosis

Photosynthesis

Ecosystems

Heredity

Patterns of Inheritance

Observations on trait inheritance and heredity in Pisum sativum

Use of Punnett squares to predict Mendelian patterns of inheritance
Note: activity requires dataset from Pisum sativum above

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Molecules of Heredity

Infectious elements of Pneumococcus bacteria

Genetics and metabolism deficiencies in Neurospora​

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Patterns of Inheritance

Analysis of Cell Replication in Drosophila melanogaster

Investigation of cell behavior during root tip growth in Allium sativum

Regulation of Mitosis in ​Homo sapiens

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Patterns of Inheritance

Investigating mutation rates in asexually reproducing colonies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Reduction division in the parasitic worm Ascaris lumbricoides 

Biological Evolution

Adaptation and the Environment

Color variation in rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius) populations
Click here for supplementary data sheet required for this activity.

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Common Ancestry

Cladistics and evolutionary relationships based on anatomical similarities

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The Process of Evolution

Demonstrations of Natural Selection

Matter

The Structure of Matter

On the nature of matter

Investigations of charged particles within atoms

Investigating phase changes in lauric acid ​🔬

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The Periodic Table of Elements

Trends in the characters of the chemical elements

Patterns of reactivity in the periodic table

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Structure and Properties of Substances

Properties of synthetic polymers 🔬

Investigations on Acid Rain 🔬

Energy

Nuclear Chemistry

On the nature of radioactive decay

Earth's Place in the Universe

The Big Bang

Observations of light spectra from various gaseous elements 🔬​ ​

Investigations of the electromagnetic spectrum

Redshift as evidence of universal expanse

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The Lives of Stars

The lives of stars

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The Laws of Motion

Orbital mechanics simulations 🌎 

Earth Systems

The Formation of Earth

Evidence for the accretion and core formation of Earth

Earth and human activity

The Nature of Science

Scientific Claims and Principles

Spontaneous Generation and Scientific Claims

Introduction to Modeling

Observations on water level rise and basin shape 🔬 ​
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Social Sciences

Study Skills

The effects of learning strategies on student achievement