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Science Buddies: Smarter Than Your Average Slime: Maze Solving by an Amoeboid

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In this science fair project, grow the acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum and test its ability to find the shortest path through a maze.

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cytoplasm
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amoeba-like cell, cellular computation, dendritic network, diploid nuclei, maze, plasmodium, primitive intelligence, pseudopodia, slime mold, physarum polycephalum, science buddies, science fair project, slime molds
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)