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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Students understand the process of recycling. They investigate how it improves the environment. They read the story "Don't Pollute" by Stan and Jan Berenstein. They analyze trash and sort it into bins.
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Radiation Energy
Eighth graders experiment with a Geiger counter and a dosimeter to test the amount of radiation in a room and the amount of radiation received in a day. In this radiation energy lesson plan, 8th graders test the shielding effect of...
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Chemistry in Foods
Learners investigate foods that are indicators, and acids and bases. In this food chemistry lesson plan, students test household products with litmus paper and with food indicators. They use blackberry, onion and red cabbage indicators...
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Train vs. Car: Who Wins?
Ninth graders conduct an experiment demonstrating what happens when a train hits a car using easily accessible materials. They calculate momentum, velocity, and distance using the appropriate formulas. Then they write an incident report...
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Activity Plan 3-4: Freezing Paper
Students discover how paper reacts to temperature changes in order to cultivate their science prediction skills. In this frozen paper investigation, students paint pieces of newsprint with water and then freeze them overnight,...
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Forcing Electrons to Move
In this electrolytic cell worksheet, students read about car batteries and how they produce electricity for cars to run. They answer six questions about electrolytic cells and oxidation-reduction reactions.
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Cleaning an Oil Spill
Third graders use oil, feathers, eggs, rubber bands, and more to create a simulated oil spill and then clean it up. In this oil spill lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss what their cleaning process is like and how the oceans are effected...
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Recycling Blackout Worksheet
In this recycling vocabulary worksheet, students read 15 clues that include both a definition and word puzzle. Students must decide what recycling word the definition and puzzle describes and write the word on the line provided.
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Circuit Boards
Learners explore circuits. In this electricity science lesson plan, students build a circuit board after viewing a related PowerPoint presentation. Detailed instructions are included.
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Solar Oven
Sixth graders design two different solar ovens to learn about heat transfer. They investigate the movement of heat between objects by conduction, convection, and radiation. They become aware of things they can't control, like the...
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Measuring The Diameter of a Star
In this space science activity, students find the correct measurements using the tools provided in this lab experiment. The second page is used to record data.
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Oxidative Rancidity in Potato Chips
In this oxidative rancidity worksheet, students conduct an experiment on potato chips. Students complete 4 short answer questions upon completing the experiment.
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Chemical Elements and Compounds Crossword
In this elements worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary words associated with the 25 clues given.
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Density - An Introduction
Students experiment with objects of different densities. In this density lesson, students examine same-sized objects with different weights, then look at a teacher explanation of density. Students make wave bottles and a density jar to...
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Building a Model Springbox
Students examine ways to protect fresh drinking water. In this clean drinking water lesson, students listen to the story of Lauren Fry about building a springbox to collect groundwater. Students build a springbox.
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Applied Science - Physics (5B) Post Lab
Fifth graders analyze optical images. in this optical lesson, 5th graders look at how light reflects and refracts. They discuss different types of lenses and how they change the picture that is taken.
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The Chemistry of Art
In this chemistry of art activity, students read about the chemical reactions that turn art made of different metals colors. They answer three questions about the chemical reactions related to metals and art.
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How Hot Is Hot In Namib?
Young scholars research and demonstrate the temperatures of the Namibian Desert. They watch and discuss a video, conduct an experiment to demonstrate the desert temperatures, record their results in the form of a graph, and...
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The Moon's Craters
Fifth graders investigate the formation and size of impact craters. In small groups, they conduct an experiment that involves dropping marbles into flour and measuring the impact from various heights and discussing their hypothesis and...
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Push or Pull
Students discover that one way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull. They design their own boats and work with 'The Great Boat Push' worksheet to compare how their boats move when they are pushed or pulled and...
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Characteristics of Matter
Students study matter. In this science lesson plan, students examine the relationships among gravity, weight, and mass, the metric measurement of distance and volume, and density and its application to physical properties.
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Integers and Science Worksheet.
In this science learning exercise, students incorporate their knowledge of math to solve the given problems about freezing points through conversions. They convert from unit to the other. There are 10 questions.
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What a Fungi
Seventh graders perform an experiment to determine the best growing conditions for molds. In this life science activity, 7th graders explain where molds are commonly found. They collect data and draw diagrams of their observations.
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Mineral Mania
In this mineral activity, students use an on line source to answer questions about minerals, about resources and their uses, about fireworks and about birthstones.