Refine Your Results

Content Curators

Grades

Subjects

Resource Types

Standards

111 reviewed resources

Utah Open Textbook: 6th Grade Science eBook

Utah Open Textbook: 6th Grade Science

Lesson Planet
6th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewThere are many interactions among living things and their surroundings. Scholars learn about Earth, the moon, and the sun and how they relate to the solar system by completing a reading. They also investigate basics of physical science...
Get Free Access See Review
Polymers: Instant Snow Lesson Plan

Polymers: Instant Snow

Lesson Planet
Pre-K - 6th
Is it easy to make snow? Scholars use critical thinking skills as they investigate the concept of polymers by making snow. The class tests several different variables and takes measurements over the course of several days. They then...
Get Free Access See Review
The Chemistry of Clothes Video

The Chemistry of Clothes

Lesson Planet
4 mins 6th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
Synthetic materials increase in popularity every year. Exploring Energy takes on the chemistry behind synthetic materials, including polyester. The resource opens with a video explaining the difference between natural and synthetic...
Get Free Access See Review
How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art Video

How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art

Lesson Planet
5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Art forgeries are works of art themselves? How can inspectors tell real art from fake? A video from the a large science playlist explores the techniques practiced by expert forgers and the subtle science behind telling a masterpiece from...
Get Free Access See Review
Atomic Bonding Lesson Plan

Atomic Bonding

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
Explore the connection of surface area to bonding within atoms. Learners complete lab investigations to model changing surface area with different sizes and concentrations of atoms. A flour fireball demonstration follows the labs to...
Get Free Access See Review
How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology Lesson Plan

How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology

Lesson Planet
6th - 8th
Help your classes feel like they can walk on water! An engaging inquiry-based lesson has young scholars experiment with different surface coatings. They make observations about their properties and how they relate to the surface tension...
Get Free Access See Review
Bombs Over Bikini: Teacher's Guide Unit

Bombs Over Bikini: Teacher's Guide

Lesson Planet
6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
The Cold War and the Manhattan Project launched the world into the nuclear age. Young historians explore how nations searched for bigger and better weapons to hold an advantage over other nations. Through discussion and comprehension...
Get Free Access See Review
Engineering and the Periodic Table Activities & Project

Engineering and the Periodic Table

Lesson Planet
5th - 7th
Elements, to the rescue! Scholars first review the periodic table, and then learn about the first 20 elements and their properties and uses in the fourth of six lessons in the Mixtures and Solutions unit. Applying their newfound...
Get Free Access See Review
Understanding Elements Lesson Plan

Understanding Elements

Lesson Planet
5th - 7th
Nothing says organization quite like a table. The third lesson in a six-part Mixtures and Solutions unit teaches young scientists about elements and the periodic table. They learn how the periodic table is organized and about the...
Get Free Access See Review
Gumdrop Atoms Activities & Project

Gumdrop Atoms

Lesson Planet
5th - 7th
CCSS: Designed
There's nothing sticky about the resource, unless you count the gumdrops! Scholars create a model of a lithium atom, complete with protons, neutrons, and electrons. It's just that these models are made with gumdrops and toothpicks.
Get Free Access See Review
The Building Blocks of Matter Lesson Plan

The Building Blocks of Matter

Lesson Planet
5th - 7th
CCSS: Designed
Everything can be reduced to atoms. The first installment of a six-part Mixtures and Solutions unit focuses on the building blocks of matter. Scholars review basic atomic structure, including protons, neutrons, and electrons, in...
Get Free Access See Review
All the Small Things Lesson Plan

All the Small Things

Lesson Planet
6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Scholars use sorting cards to try to define a pure substance versus a mixture. Risk becomes reward as they observe the differences and create a flowchart sorting matter into mixtures and pure substances (elements and compounds).
Get Free Access See Review
What's My Purpose in this Life? Lesson Plan

What's My Purpose in this Life?

Lesson Planet
7th - 10th
Why are we here? Well, if you happen to be a Golgi body, the answer is simple! Young biologists embark upon a journey through the tiny world of cellular organelles with an engaging lesson plan from the K20 series. The activities open...
Get Free Access See Review
Complex Ion Shapes Interactive

Complex Ion Shapes

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
Things are really shaping up! Provide young chemists with polyatomic ion practice using an interesting interactive. Individuals complete puzzles focused on molecular geometry and complex ions.
Get Free Access See Review
Does Air Weigh Anything? Lab Resource

Does Air Weigh Anything?

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
Can you feel the weight of the air on your shoulders? Your classes may not believe that air has weight. A straightforward experiment asks individuals to weigh a bottle before and after adding air. Their results may surprise them!
Get Free Access See Review
Colour—Gifted and Talented Chemistry Unit

Colour—Gifted and Talented Chemistry

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Add a splash of color to your chemistry class! Science scholars discover the principles behind color through a wide variety of hands-on activities. Lessons include dyes, chromatography, and flame tests.
Get Free Access See Review
A Visible Activated Complex Experiment Lab Resource

A Visible Activated Complex Experiment

Lesson Planet
6th - Higher Ed
When was the last time your class saw a catalyst in action? Chemistry scholars observe an activated complex during an engaging experiment. Through both color change and evolution of a gas, individuals gain insight into the...
Get Free Access See Review
Metals—Gifted and Talented Chemistry Unit

Metals—Gifted and Talented Chemistry

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Malleable, magnetic, mesmerizing metals! Pupils love learning about metallic elements, especially through the hands-on activities in an engaging lesson plan. The resource provides thorough instruction on the properties of metals, the...
Get Free Access See Review
Polymers: Making Silly Putty Lesson Plan

Polymers: Making Silly Putty

Lesson Planet
3rd - 8th
Putty is proof that learning can be fun! Share the wonderful world of polymers with your class through an experiment. Young scientists create their own silly putty, then examine its properties.
Get Free Access See Review
Heat Transfer and Cooling Lesson Plan

Heat Transfer and Cooling

Lesson Planet
6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Astronauts train underwater to simulate the change in gravity. An out-of-this-world unit includes three hands-on activities, one teacher demonstration, and a discussion related to some of the challenges astronauts face. Scholars apply...
Get Free Access See Review
Molecules to the Max!—Educators Resource Guide Unit

Molecules to the Max!—Educators Resource Guide

Lesson Planet
5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
From molecules to nanotubes, an engaging unit explores the world of tiny science. Fifteen hands-on experiments and lessons engage young scientists as they learn chemistry. Discussions, worksheets, and data analysis reinforce the concepts...
Get Free Access See Review
Chemistry Simulations from PhET
15 Item

Chemistry Simulations from PhET

Lesson Planet
6th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Bring your science classroom into the 21st century with this collection of digital simulations. From an introduction to the states of matter to balancing chemical equations and investigating radioactive decay, these engaging interactives cover a wide range of topics in physical science and chemistry.
See Collection
Sticking a Balloon to a Wall Interactive

Sticking a Balloon to a Wall

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
This is one sticky situation! Science sleuths uncover the mystery behind a balloon that appears to be stuck to a wall using an interactive. Learners observe a neutrally charged wall before they manipulate the charge on a balloon. Atom...
Get Free Access See Review
PS1A—Structure and Properties of Matter Video

PS1A—Structure and Properties of Matter

Lesson Planet
12 mins 2nd - 12th
It's time we get to the heart of the matter! Explore standard PS1A in an informative video. The narrator guides viewers through the basic ideas of the structure and properties of matter. then discusses helpful strategies for...
Get Free Access See Review