About NOVA Labs | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBAbout NOVA Labs. NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration. From predicting solar storms and constructing renewable energy systems to tracking cloud movement and designing RNA molecules, NOVA Labs participants can conduct investigations by ...
The Sun Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBThe Sun Lab includes a powerful solar observation tool created by NASA called the Helioviewer, which pulls in real time data from an array of instruments including the Solar Dyamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The Sun emits light in a range of colors but because yellow is the brightest that’s all we see with ...
The Evolution Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBThe concept of a "tree of life" springs directly from Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. From "Evolution 101" video. The Evolution Lab features two interactive digital learning tools––made available online for the first time here––developed by the Life on Earth project based at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied ...
The RNA Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBOnce on Eterna, earn 5000 more points and gain entry into the Eterna Lab, where your RNA designs will be voted on by the worldwide Eterna community. If you design a winning RNA, it will be made and tested by scientists to see if it folds in the way you predicted. Solving the problem of RNA folding really can change the world.
The Evolution Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBBelow is a support guide for the Evolution Lab that includes an overview of technology requirements and instructions for playing through Build A Tree and navigating Deep Tree. Evolution Lab Support Guide (3.8 MB). Worksheets. These worksheets contain questions for each level and video of the Evolution Lab and provide assessment on topics like cladograms, fossil evidence of evolution, DNA and ...
The Cybersecurity Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBNOVA has teamed up with cybersecurity experts to create the Cybersecurity Lab, a game in which players will discover how they can keep their digital lives safe and develop an understanding of cyber threats and defenses. Players will advance by using computer coding, logical reasoning, critical thinking, and vulnerability detection to solve ...
Evolution | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBIn this Lab, you’ll puzzle out the evolutionary relationships linking together a spectacular array of species. Explore the tree of life and get a front row seat to what some have called the greatest show on Earth. That show is evolution. BUILD A TREE & DEEP TREE ACTIVITIES. DEVELOPED BY THE LIFE ON EARTH PROJECT.
Cybersecurity | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBTake cybersecurity into your own hands. In this Lab, you’ll defend a company that is the target of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks.
For Educators | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBNOVA Labs for Educators. There are many ways to bring NOVA Labs into your classroom, after school program, day camp, or other educational program. Every Lab presents a particular subject and allows teens to develop their own questions and investigations around that subject. Each Lab includes an activity where you will explore a new data set and ...
Evolution Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS
WEBWhat could you possibly have in common with a mushroom, or a dinosaur, or even a bacterium? More than you might think. Play NOVA's Evolution Lab to discover the evolutionary relationships that connect everything that has ever lived.