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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Bottle "Tops"

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about rotation and balance in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how wobbling affects the "spin time" of an object due to it being unbalanced.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Buoyant Bubble [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about density in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what makes an object float or sink. [PDF]
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Balloon Rockets [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates Newton's Third Law by launching rockets made out of balloons. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what causes balloons to shoot forward and how you can make them...
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: A Swell Activity With Beans [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about absorption in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens to different types of beans as they soak in water in a test vial.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
This science experiment provides a nice introduction to friction and bearings.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Clouds [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and/or students are given four science experiments related to clouds in our atmosphere. Photos and brief descriptions of the main types of clouds ..Cirrocumulus, Cirrus, Altocumulus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, Stratus .. are included.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Push It Out Rocket

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that explores Newton's Third Law. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Weight for It!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates how balances work. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how to compare the weight of different objects.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Coffee Filter Rainbows

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates chromotography. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens with different colors when they are soaked with water.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Hover Cup

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment in which you make a hovercraft, a machine that uses compressed air to do work, from a paper cup. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how air flow can minimize friction and cause...
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Clues About Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that simulates how clouds are formed. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what must happen in the atmosphere for cloud formation to occur.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Catapult

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science experiment that demonstrates how energy is transferred. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how the tension in the catapult causes an object to travel far.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Can You Stand the Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment that demonstrates the four states or phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how you change water from a liquid state to a gaseous...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nocturnal Animals Lesson #7: Spiders

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson students will learn the body parts of a spider and write addition/subtractions sentences using spiders. The class will go on a nature walk to find spiders and spider webs. Finally, the students will complete a science...
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PBS

Pbs: Cooking With Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables

For Students 6th - 8th
Making dinner become a math challenge and science experiment with Bill Nye. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about dependent and independent variables to make a prediction about whether boiling water with the lid...
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Halloween Science Experiments and Ideas

For Students 4th - 8th
Take a look at some FUN Halloween ideas and experiments!
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Science Experiment: Carrot Tops

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"Can a plant grow from just the top of a carrot?" Students will engage in this lesson plan to find out.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Reel Science: Cool Experiments

For Students 3rd - 8th
Eight student videos are featured on this site by Reel Science. Each video presents a separate experiment that can be adapted for both class use, a science experiment, or a fun activity to explore at home.
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EL Education

El Education: Original Physics Experiments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students ask questions about why things move the way they do and then design and carry out science experiments on the physics behind the movement. Students create lab reports to explain the steps of their process and to record...
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Experimentos De Ciencia (Spanish)

For Students 9th - 10th
Try out 26 different science experiments with this Spanish language resource.
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Fundación Cientec

Cientec: Experimentos Simple

For Students 3rd - 5th
Different simple science experiments for Elementary level.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Bent Toward Science Refraction

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about refraction in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens when light moves from one material to another.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Mighty Seeds

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn about the process of germination in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of why plants can survive in a variety of environments.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Chocolate Lava

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the two different types of lava in this hands-on science experiment that uses chocolate as lava. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of the difference between the two.

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