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Good News - We're on the Rise!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build and observe a simple aneroid barometer to discover changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They graph changes in barometric pressure for two weeks and make weather predictions.
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Ohm's Law

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this electricity law activity, students complete 16 short answer and problem questions on Ohm's law. They calculate the voltage, current and resistance in the circuit.
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Metamorphic Magic!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the steps involved in the formation of metamorphic rock as they prepare a cookie receipe. As part of the process, sedimentary rocks are created and changed through heat to a metamorphic cookie.
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The Evolution of Canis pedatus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, examine the given characteristics of a previously unknown dog-like creature, Canis pedatus. They discuss whether or not this species would show adaptations and survive if it were relocated to a new environment.
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Forces in Fluids-Science Puzzlers, Twisters, & Teasers

For Students 6th - 8th
In this physical science worksheet, students complete 7 questions in the form of puzzles, word problems, and brain teasers about forces in fluids.
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Understanding Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain why we fly. In this space science lesson, 5th graders discuss Bernoulli's prinicple and its relation to flight.
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Minerals and the Products of Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers plot where minerals come from and have an awareness of how mineral use makes the world interdependent. They examine how to identify some sort of mineral products they use each day.
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Frisbee Physics

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explain how a Frisbee flies, why it's shaped he way it is and how fast and how far the Frisbee can go.
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Observing Atherosclerosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a model to visually observe the change in blood flow rates between healthy and unhealthy arteries. They calculate data that they have collected and graph their results. They determine the relationships the flow of...