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What a Can Can Do

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the properties of a can. In this aluminum science instructional activity, students conduct various experiments to identify properties of aluminum. Students examine the appearance, temperature, and corrosion resistance...
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Information, Please!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore their community recycling program and observe how aluminum cans are processed for recycling.
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Action, Please!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students share their knowledge about aluminum and aluminum recycling by sharing the information with the rest of the community.
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Recycling Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recycling worksheet, students sort recycling items into paper, plastic, or aluminum bins. Students sort 7 items total on this worksheet.
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Aluminum Foil Boats

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners design a boat of aluminum foil and calculate the density of the boat. Washers are added to the boat until it sinks. Students then redesign boat to hold more washers and recalculate the new density.
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Activity #20 Tear An Aluminum Can In Half

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observe the chemical reaction between CuCl2 and aluminum. They identify the evidence for a chemical change. Pupils answer the following questions after observing the experiment: How do you know a chemical reaction occurred?,...
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Other Metals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify the properties of transition metals. In this chemistry lesson, students research facts and uses of one aluminum product they choose. They create an advertisement highlighting aluminum's useful properties.
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Introduction to Radiation Shielding

For Students 9th - 11th
In this radiation shielding worksheet, learners use a graph of the dosage of radiation versus the thickness of aluminum shielding using data from the MIR spacecraft and ISO satellite to solve 3 problems. They determine how thick the...
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Aluminum Boats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study buoyancy with an in-class experiment.  In this water properties lesson plan, students create a boat from aluminum foil and float it in a bucket of water.  Students utilize coins to change the weight of the boat and record...
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Recycling: The Way to Save...Fad or Fact

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners write stories about recycling and illustrate them. They examine various containers and determine whether or not they are recyclable. They make a chart about the containers and visit a recycling center.
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Metals

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, learners use the clues at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on metals. There are 21 clues to solve on the sheet.
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A Weighty Issue

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Want to get your students motivated in science class? Given only a piece of aluminum foil, assign groups the task of designing a "barge" that will support the weight of a bunch of pennies.  The group who is able to put the most pennies...
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Choosing Materials for Bicycle Frames

For Students 9th - 12th
For this materials for bicycle frames worksheet, learners read about the various materials that have been used to construct bicycles and the pros and cons of each. They answer four critical thinking questions about the reading and...
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Where Do Things Come From?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the recycling process. In this recycling lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss the reasons for recycling and create storyboards to show where a specific material comes from. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up...
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The Atom

For Teachers 7th - 9th
If you are beginning a unit of study on atoms, this presentation would be an excellent way to begin! In it, learners discover many facts about atoms. For example, it would take 50,000 aluminum atoms stacked together to equal the...
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Science Lesson for Grade 12

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders perform dihybrid crosses and calculate phenotype and genotype ratios. In this series of science lessons, 12th graders explain the process of anodizing aluminum. They research on the benefits and harm caused by resonance...
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Baylor College

Finding the Carbon in Sugar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In session one, demonstrate for your class how a flame eventually goes out when enclosed in a jar in order to teach that oxygen is required for combustion. In session two, class members then burn sugar in a spoon to observe how it...
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Baylor College

What Is the Water Cycle?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Small groups place sand and ice in a covered box, place the box in the sunlight, then observe as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation occur. These models serve as miniature water cycles and demonstrations of the three phases of...
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Arkansas State Rock

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Here is a activity which shows the value of a mineral called bauxite to Arkansas during the early 1900's. Learners relate the five themes of geography to the history of bauxite and aluminum production in Arkansas. For teachers of...
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Foil Boats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How many pennies can an aluminum foil boat hold? That is the challenge in a collaborative activity designed to explore the concept of buoyancy. Learners use aluminum foil to build makeshift boats and test the weight they hold before...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Water Wheel

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Middle school scientists construct a working water wheel from an aluminum pie pan. Because of the sharp edges on the cut aluminum, this activity is for mature learners only. You could have your class compete to see whose wheel can lift...
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It's About Time

Atoms and Their Masses

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Are atoms too small to be isolated? Answer this question and more as you provide young chemists with the tools to conduct a hands-on activity demonstrating atomic mass. Pupils explore the mass of copper and aluminum, compare Dalton's...
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Santa Monica College

The Density of Liquids and Solids

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
There are underwater rivers that flow on the ocean floor thanks to a difference in density. Scholars learn about the density in both liquids and solids in the second lesson of an 11-part series. They then determine the density of water,...
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Addition Polymerization: Preparation of Polystyrene Using Two Types of Initiators

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Advanced chemistry classes compare the polymerization of styrene using two different initators: benzoyl peroxide and aluminum chloride. Once they synthesize polystyrene, they compare the two producet for melting point and density. There...

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