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Volcanoes: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Young geologists explore volcanoes with a series of engaging geology activities. First, they learn the difference between magma and lava before coloring and labeling the parts of a volcano. During the lab, individuals watch a...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lego Atoms and Molecules: Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Show young chemists what a chemical reaction looks like with two parts of a hands-on experiment. First, learners conduct a wet lab where they observe the reactants (baking soda and calcium chloride, with phenolsulfonphthalein) before,...
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Agriculture in the Classroom

Pumpkins... Not Just For Halloween

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Celebrate fall with four pumpkin themed hands-on activities! After learning about pumpkins, scholars complete two activity sheets that reinforce estimation and word problems. They then plant pumpkin seeds and bake a pie in a bag.   
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Purdue University

Designing a Device Utilizing a Balloon Filled with Carbon Dioxide

For Teachers 5th Standards
Don't waste all that carbon dioxide. Scholars first produce carbon dioxide by mixing baking soda and vinegar. They measure the masses of the reactants and products to verify the law of conservation of mass. As a culminating activity,...
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American Chemical Society

Different Substances React Differently

For Teachers 5th Standards
Looks don't tell the whole story. Young experimenters explore reactions with substances that look similar. They observe the reactions that take place when combined with baking soda and use indicators to conclude they react differently...
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students make tortillas. In this tortilla lesson, students add the ingredients to a bag, mix the ingredients, roll the tortillas out, and cook them. They spend 3 minutes coming up with as many round things as they can.
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Bake, Boil, or Fry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write a journal entry about where there food comes from. In this Civil War lesson, students discuss journals, the crops grown within the U.S., the import/export process and what food preparation must have been like on a...
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Sometimes, solid + liquid = gas

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with common household liquids and solids. In this chemical reaction lesson, 3rd graders discuss phase changes and experiment to find other ways to create gases. They use water, vinegar, lemon juice, flour, baking...
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Random House

Recipe for an Ecosystem

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
Creating an ecosystem is as simple as baking a cake. Well, maybe not, but using a recipe analogy helps learners realize that ecosystems consist of different components that come together in unique ways. Offer this learning exercise as an...
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Chemical Changes and Biscuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate chemical changes in everyday life settings, such as cooking. They investigate leavening which is one of the classic chemical changes that people experience. Pupils observe leavening in biscuits with the...
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Milk Glue

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students observe a precipitation and neutralization reaction and learn to filter the products of the precipitation reaction. In this precipitation and neutralization lesson plan, students create curds and whey using milk and vinegar....
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What's the Reaction?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students combine baking soda and vinegar and observe the chemical and physical changes that this mixture can produce.
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Conservation of Mass

For Students 6th - 8th
In this conservation of mass worksheet, students experiment with vinegar, baking soda, a balloon and a flask. They compare the mass of the closed system of reactants before the experiment to the mass of the products after the experiment...
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Understanding Oceans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how ocean currents affect our world. In this ocean currents lesson, students perform an experiment to show how cold water is near the poles and warm water is near the equator. Students use water, food coloring, ice...
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PALEO COOKIE DIG

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine a variety of soil samples and then conduct a simulated "dig" in a grid of no-bake cookie bars.
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Chemical Changes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and identify chemical and physical changes in a variety of substances. They observe a vinegar and baking soda demonstration, and a water, laundry detergent, and Epsom salt mixture demonstration. They discuss the...
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Chocolate Asphalt Cookies

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students make no-bake cookies to learn basic engineering principles, road construction and material science. They experience properties and changes in matter.
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Three States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the three states of matter and the properties of materials as they undergo physical changes. They identify examples of each type of matter, role-play atoms in solids, liquids, and gases, and conduct an...
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Dead Body Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve the mystery of dead Mr. Potato Head using physics and algebra. They discuss Newton's Law of cooling as it applies to the mystery scenario involving a cooling baked potato as the "victim". They manipulate algebraic...
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Compounds

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry activity, students complete a chart about common compounds. Examples include baking soda, sugar, and wood alcohol.
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Curated OER

Rate of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the rate of photosynthesis using elodea leaves. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students place elodea in a test tube filled with water. They include baking soda and place the test tube under a lamp. High...
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Invisible Paint

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore acids and bases. In this acid or base science lesson, students test different items to see if they are a base or a acid. Students then perform an experiment using paint and juice and baking soda.
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Up, Up and Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design and launch rockets.  For this rocket lesson, 4th graders observe the changes in outcome caused by size and fuel variables. Students navigate the NASA website to learn the parts of a rocket. Students load the...
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Hurricane!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students model the effects of wind speed and water depth on the height of waves during a hurricane. In this meteorology lesson, students use a flexible straw and a 9X 13 baking dish to measure the differences in wave height. 

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