Combine labs, demos and field trips to reinforce learning and fun.
- Code Breakers – Biologists aren’t the only ones piecing together unique puzzles to solve mysteries. Learn how people throughout history have encoded and decoded messages of all kinds.
- Escape Room – Channel your inner forensic expert to investigate a scene and build connections that solve a mystery to break free.
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- Create a bread petri dish experiment – There are many elements of our world that we can trace even if our eyes can’t see them. Track the microbes in your own home with this easy test.
- Explore water quality monitoring – Contaminants may not always be visible, but that doesn’t mean they’re not harmful. Examine data collected by the CREST research buoy which keeps scientists up-to-date on changing conditions in Biscayne Bay.
Discover real FIU research and community engagement efforts.
- International Forensic Research Institute – Working with partners across the community, our research provides science-based evidence processing that ensures the reliable administration of justice.
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute – A multi-disciplinary consortium of FIU researchers and educators in science, engineering, medicine and public health working in partnership with community providers.
- Researchers across the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics contribute to developing new knowledge in this area. Explore their work.
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