The Couch Potato Lab
The Couch Potato Lab (CPL) are online episodes that cover curriculum-based content in fun and creative ways through experiments, demonstrations and activities!
Latest Couch Potato Episodes
Ep 22: Exceptional Eco-Columns
In this episode, we will be creating ecosystems of our own! Follow along with our EYES team to build an eco-column that will allow you to see the inner workings of an ecosystem first hand.
Ep 23: Graphing Is Great
This activity will encourage you to complete a series of tasks and collect some data. Then, a graph will be created to represent that data!
Ep 24: Crystal Paint
Matter is any substance that has mass (or weight) and takes up space by having volume. In this episode, we learn about the three main states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases, and use that information to create crystal paint!
Ep 25: It’s ALIIIVE!
This activity will help determine what things around us are living and what things are non-living based on eight scientific principals that determine life! You may be surprised by a few!!
Ep 28 Parts 1 & 2: Mitosis Models
Understanding mitosis and cell division as a whole is an essential part of genetics, which can provide us with plenty of information about who we are at a molecular level.
Ep 27: Don’t Be A-Freud of Psych
In this activity, we will work through a few fun psychological experiments that will teach you more about your mood, brain, behaviour, and much more!
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