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First To Reach Ten

All of the players in the car pick a license plate number together, for example, 9MBR318.  Eliminate the letters, which leaves the numbers 9, 3, 1, and 8.  Using only the numbers from the license plate and the processes of addition, subtraction, and multiplication, each player tries to create as many new numbers as possible [...]

Splat!

Did you ever notice that bugs that splat on your windshield have different colored blood?  Bug blood is called hemolymph.  It is clear and composed mostly of water.  It is tinged with color, depending on what the bug eats.  If the blood is green, the bug ate leaves.  If the blood is yellow, it ate [...]

The Circulatory System

The heart and blood vessels (veins and arteries) make up the circulatory system.  The heart pumps blood that carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body.  The heart is the size of a fist and acts like a pump to circulate blood.  Tell your carschoolers to put their hands over the center of [...]